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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 VF-30 Details. |
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Valued Member
United States
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XF. This coin has a beautiful look to it. I love the blueish toning around the stars and letters.
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United States
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I grade it WOW!! I assume the heavy scratches are on the holder. I have seen far too few of these to claim to know a grade my guess is VF obverse fine Reverse I would be proud to own it. It wis older than any of my US coins, and I like it! |
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Now that I look at other's grades looks like I am lowballing again.  Guess I am just a tough old bird. |
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OK, I've gone after this attribution twice and come up empty-handed. Could someone else have a go and see what you come up with? I tried a few forks in the Wizard, and neither conclusion of B-10 or B-22 - the only iterations which worked - seem to agree with this coin. http://www.earlydollars.org/wizardhome.htm |
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EF details - not due to the hairlines which seem to be on the holder but toning seems to indicate an old cleaning.
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Dave I tried the wizard twice. I've never attempted an attribution of a Bust Dollar however that wizard was slick. I am not 100% of my end result, but I came up with
B-9
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I came up with B-9 also. R-1.
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Pillar of the Community
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Details appear to be around VF-25.
I also gave the wizard a shot and came up with BB-166, B-9.
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I agree 100% with Fenton. XF cleaned. You'll be hard pressed to find an 18th century example without ANY evidence of a past cleaning; so this detriment is minimal in my book. Simply stunning.  Edited by CopperCastle
08/31/2015 11:36 pm
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The color of the coin does not indicate cleaning to me.
Coindog,
What does the PCGS code indicate the reason for being a details coin?
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I think the only difference between B22 and b9 is the gap between the bust and the stars. OLCoins its a 92. In hand it is very noticable. I'm so bad at taking pictures that I can make a cleaned coin look unclean ha ha. Thanks everyone for the input.
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OK, I erred in my evaluation of the right star positions. The die crack after the S in STATES is diagnostic, such that someone who knew more about these than I (in other words, your average 9 year old) should be able to attribute it on sight.  Very late die state with the crack developed through AMERICA. |
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You'll be hard pressed to find an 18th century example without ANY evidence of a past cleaning; so this detriment is minimal in my book. Simply stunning. I initially put the grade at VF-30 but to be realistic I feel it is more of a VF-25. The scratches on the plastic and glare from the light make it hard to see clearly. Regardless of the grade I like it and it is on my "when I strike it rich" list |
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