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Pillar of the Community
Israel
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 with XF40. Nice coin ! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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XF-40 details to 45 maybe on a good day is my vote. Wow, what a find! Based on the condition, that coin could have been in the ground for 190 years!
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United States
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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CoinsKelly- no, it was completely burried.. About 5-8 inches. Gotta love that non acidic western mass soil! (Pioneer valley) I agree on EF, I thought EF-45 but as a metal detecting find I'd be more than happy with EF-40. And as the first coin I've found I'm extremely happy with it! I would have been happy with an AG!! (my friend that brought me with him finds large cents/silver ((nicest a Seated quarter)) weekely in the non winter months, I owe him this find.. Had he not brought me with him.. ) O ya, I was using a (cheaper) bounty hunter ||. Do you guys think this is a canidate for PCGS/NGC? I'd kinda like it slabbed just because it was my first find... See, this is where numismedia.com messes me up.. I find them to be a bit high in prices, better than RedBook but still high.. But they have the 1820 small date listed at $690 in EF-40.. Yet it seems that they go for much much less than that at auction/eBay/LCS's... Am I missing something? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you would like it slabbed for personal reasons, I say go for it. It was an incredible find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Wow, I can't believe this is a dug coin! It's beautiful. Finding it must have been thrilling.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ThisisFun- I almost passed out.. Lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking it might go EF45 - you would never know this was a dug coin from the ground - nice restoration.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's the original pic from when it literally just came out of the ground.. Lots of caked on dirt and a spot of verdigris at 2:00.. All I did was pour boiling water over it and all the dirt came off and then dabbed the verdigris with boiling water and a q-tip.. It all came off super easily... I was scared to use any type of chemical on it..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In hand the details look more like before I put boiling water on it, for some reason in the pic the details stand out more in the photo I just posted, but in hand that's the detail it still has... It just doesn't show in the new photos at the top..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, super nice for just out of the ground after almost 200 years!
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow! The restoration went very well!  It may grade an AU-50. |
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United States
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D0ubl3eagle- that's what I thought, really good chance at an AU-50, no less than EF-45, but for some reason the details in the new pics (after boiling water) didn't show up as well as the original pics in the photos.. Like I said, in hand the details look much better than the top pics, for some reason the grime made them stand out better under a camera... There details still look like they do in the bottom pic, the coins just not all caked in dirt.
I need to get better at photographing coins .. Lol.
O ya.. And my buddy that brought me detecting with him used his brothers nasty expensive camera and a stand to take the pre boiled photo... So compared to my sucky ones on top his showedthe details much better. I almost forgot he took those first pics..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My reservations are the scratch I see on the face and into the bust line and some light pitting on the cheek area. Thats why I'm at EF45 and not AU on this one.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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