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1891 Large Leaves Small Date. Opinions?

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 Posted 09/16/2013  2:26 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add secoinedchance to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Scans are pretty horrible, but here they are.

Changed to pictures:

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1891-Large-Leaves-Small-Date.-Opinions?

And the comparison from Charlton's:

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Thanks to Charlton's for the above image.
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 Posted 09/16/2013  2:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DEVLEC to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You're right...the top pic looks like a watercolour...
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Pretty sure it has been cleaned in it's 120+ year life, but I am seeing neat things under the loupe. For instance, the "C" in Canada is doubled as is the D in "DEI", and it is an OC3a as far as I can tell.
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For sure large leaf. And looks large date to me. It looks like the "his belly hangs over his toes". What I mean is the upper body of the 9 is out farther then the bottom tail of the nine. In a small date the upper body is even with the tail. Need a better picture of the nine to be sure.
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...and now the watercolour is gone...

...any chance of getting a sharp photo back in it's place?
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.like tfred....a quick guess for me is that it's large date also..
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is the coin perfectly square to the camera? It still kinda looks like a large 9, unless you look at the centre loop, then it looks small. Anyway to get a perfectly straight picture of the coin, or a close up of the 9?
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VF or VF-30, cleaned. That is a small date. The 9 in the large date looks extremely odd, the top loop is large and round:

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The 9 on the large date looks to be leaning towards the left, and the 9 in the small date looks to be leaning back a little to the right. I think it's a little better than VF honestly,the details are really good although you cannot see it from these pics. I agree with the cleaning as well.
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LL SD
Need an obverse pic for grade.


Quote:
"his belly hangs over his toes"
Thanks for that tfred.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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