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Thanks for your help!   |
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Nice coin! Though I am no expert, there also appears to be some sort of doubling going on, on the reverse especially. Will be watching this one to see what the pros have to say.
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What is the meaning of "Pincher"?  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
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In the old days we referred to that as the top of the 8's.
Nice looking AU-53 coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice example of the pincer 8, or the variety O-108.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say EF for the grade.
Errers and Varietys.
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Thanks for your grading opinions, 40 to 53. The coin's on a local online estate auction closing in a couple hours. It's odd he only has a couple loose coins for auction. The coin is currently at $264, not a bad price if not counterfeit. Some of the fake coins for sale on Etsy can easily fool a novice without checking the coin in person. https://www.etsy.com/listing/149923...4ff97f6dd8a2 |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd say XF-40, but there are signs of cleaning in the fields, and I'm not sure it would straight grade.
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Pillar of the Community
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Obverse appears to have near-AU detail. I'd say XF40 for the reverse, for XF-40 maybe 45 overall.
Color is a little odd; maybe the coin is retoning after an old dip. Eye appeal seems OK. I see a PCGS graded VF-30 example sold for $341 recently on Heritage while a scratched XF details coin went for $159. If this coin grades problem-free and can be had for a little over current $264 bid it could be a good deal.
If you get it please report back!
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Pillar of the Community
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very nice coin  The O-108 is called the "Pincher 8" variety where the tops of the 8's in the date have open tops. Edited by mikev50
10/25/2026 5:08 pm
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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