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Love the 1877 !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Wow - 3 great coins, congratulations.  I agree that your original photo of the 1889-CC Morgan makes it look way overgraded. Your 2nd set of photos helps clarify, but still maybe a bit overgraded. Perhaps it received a key date boost. |
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Well, all I can say is that I showed it to a lot of different people at the coin show after I purchased it, and every single one who saw it in hand agreed that it was graded correctly.
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Very impressive acquisitions, I'm impressed. Thanks for sharing. The dime has me scratching my head, with no mention of the markings/graffiti?
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The dime has me scratching my head, with no mention of the markings/graffiti? As I posted under the pictures: Quote:
[I'm told, btw, that what appear to be scratches are actually "adjustment marks," since these early coins were made by hand and they often needed to remove a little metal at the end in order for the coin to not be overweight. The grading company didn't mention anything about scratches or damage, so I guess that's true.] |
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You had a fantastic day at the show. Very nice coins!
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I agree...until you posted new picks of the 89-CC I thought WAY over graded. I think EF-40 is right on! I have no reply for the 1/2 dime...way out of my wheelhouse. But...the 1877 IHC! What The Who The! Incredable! Great pick-up's! Congrats and Thanks for sharing! smat |
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Wonderful pickups! Thank you for sharing, the IHC, in particular, is gorgeous. |
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By the way, talking about trading quantity for quality! The '89-CC pictures are much better in showing the coin details and overall condition . What I like about the 1795 is its reflection of the primitive methods used for minting coins back then. I can just imagine the worker filing, weighing, and back again until it was just right. |
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Impressive pickup barryg, learned something new again with the "adjustment marks" with the dime. I wonder how NGC specialists determined when those marks were made.
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I wonder how NGC specialists determined when those marks were made. As HondoB pointed out earlier: Quote:
The adjustment was done pre-strike, so the marks are seen in the devices much more than the fields. |
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Thanks HondoB and barryg,
I need to read the whole thing before questioning.
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Quote:the IHC, in particular, is gorgeous. I agree! It was definitely the highlight of my haul and is, I'm pretty sure, officially the most valuable coin in my collection. In years past I wouldn't have dreamed of purchasing a coin that expensive, but now that I just turned 60 and can see retirement on the near horizon, I figured it was time to start making a serious purchase or two. It helps that our mortgage is paid off, our son's college tuition is fully funded (with only one more year to go), and we should have enough in our 401Ks to comfortably retire in a few years without needing to dip into our savings. Oh -- and we just replaced the roof on our house, repaved the driveway and replaced the fence. Aside from someday possibly redoing the kitchen, I figure there shouldn't be any more big expenses on the horizon. And if I'm wrong, well, I guess I can always sell the coin, right? The nice thing about getting a key date in really nice condition is that it should hold its value (at the very least). |
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