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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice buy!  Borderline XF/AU in my opinion. May have had a light cleaning but it still might grade problem free at a major TPG. Worth considerably more than $50. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 and WOW, $50 is an amazing price for this coin! If you dont mind me asking where did you get it for that price? I'd buy these all day at $50, you got a fabulous deal! I'm at EF-40-45 on this one, and I love the rotated die, not overly rare but very cool none the less, adds a bit of uniqueness, IMHO at least.. Nice pick up!! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Interesting! I have an 1823 Capped Bust half-dollar and amichael02's post prompted me to pull it out and re-examine it. I think it exhibits the same rotation: does anyone else concur? I can't believe I never took note of it before, I was unaware of any rotated dies for this type.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definitely XF45 minimum. I am not seeing anything that says cleaning. What I see appears to be on the 2x2 plastic. As mentioned, that was one heck of a deal!
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Moderator
 United States
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Very well done indeed! Welcome to the CCF amichael02!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
Hey! Nice coin and good buy. If IHCs didn't suck me in, it would have been the bust halves. I have a feeling it will happen when I get out of grad school.
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you all very much! I like this coin a lot. I posted an ad for old coins in local publication and ended up getting this coin out of a pile of old stuff this gentleman had. His wife was making him sell of some of his collection and I threw an offer down on it.
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New Member
United States
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Considering sending it off for grading, however not sure if the price of grading is worth it. Thoughts?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
I don't think it is worth sending in - you can use that $50 bucks to buy another coin. BUT! Flatten those staples. You can flatten them with a butter knife. I'd recommend a stapler that staples the back flat. They are not so common, for whatever reason. At Office Depot, they had at least 50 different staplers and only one that stapled flat. And it was like $40. I bought mine from Wizard, when I got a bunch of other supplies. http://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/pro...ll-size.html |
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for the tip!! I must say, I rather enjoy these forums!
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
You can also flatten the staples with some pliers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
Send it in to ANACS. It will NOT cost 50 bucks and you don't need membership or any of that crud. I would send it to get the grade nailed down, but that is just me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Walmart sells flat clinch staplers and If you ordered one today it would probably be at your door on Wednesday or Thursday. Gotta love Internet shopping !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Have you identified the Overton number of this half?
I am a newbie at this Overton identification game so I don't know if there are any scarce or better varieties for this year...I know there are several members here who are knowledgeable on this series.
-MV
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