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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-55, I am sure it will look better in hand, very nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice coin for sure. I'd say at least AU-55. Typical reverse strike. Obverse dies polished to the point that the leaves on the right are disconnected. Very cool.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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a lot of what we are seeing here is from strike. especially on the shield and rays. gotta look at the high points on this coin not the recesses for wear. AU55
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU53. Uneven strike? Check. Heavily overpolished dies? Check. Die cracks, Cuds? Got 'em. Strike Doubling? Yup. Recut digits and letters? Yup. Clash? Absolutely, obverse and reverse. In other words, it's a Shield nickel. ;) Hard to tell luster from photos, they are a bit overexposed/washed out but the details look good. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Will update in a little while. If you have opinions to share on grade, get them in. Thanks!
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Paid $211.50 for this. I think wholesale is $240 so 12% below that mark as long as the coin in the holder is accurately graded. I was concerned about the color, and hoping that it is original and not cleaned. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.  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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Rest in Peace
United States
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I may be wrong, but your original post images looked like scans to me. I'm hoping you're pleasantly surprised when you receive it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11902 Posts |
The pictures were closeups of the photo of the slab. Does the color and surface texture look off to you? It is concerning to me.
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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my thought when I first looked it was that it was lightly cleaned but still market acceptable. at AU58 I would expect to see some luster all around and there is hints of it but the pics are not really showing it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11902 Posts |
After the super pleasant surprise with the 1892 barber half I was again super excited to receive and see the 1866 Shield nickel with rays graded AU58. The coin in the add had a weird whitish color that made me nervous, but it came baack dripping with original luster. So happy. Some smudges above and to the right of the "5" in the reverse. These are smudges on the plastic on the slab and not on the coin. Super excited. The original coin:    The picture of the coin in hand - a pleasant surprise.   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.comEdited by numismatic student
03/13/2017 10:46 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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oh yes...the pics in hand are great. really nice coin! if these were the original pics posted the grades would have been more accurate. just goes to show you how important the pics are in grading when you cant actually have the coin in hand
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks TypeCoin. Do you agree with the TPG grade? 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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Posted 03/10/2017 4:21 pm
