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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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fine details - environmental damage.
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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Pillar of the Community
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I'd say Fine-15 but bet NGC said VF-20.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
F details, porous/corroded as above, with obverse scratches. Not a wise investment, and you'd have trouble getting out of it later.
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If this isn't a details grade then NGC is really lowering their standards, pitted and a good sized staple scratch across the obverse from 2:00 to 9:00.
I agree with Fine Details.
"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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Bedrock of the Community
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I would guess Fine Details as well.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
Slab grade, F details. Actual grade, VG details.
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Valued Member
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288 Posts |
Fasten your seat belts for this one....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6396 Posts |
I think the surface issues are minor enough for the coin to escape a "details" flag. However, they might warrant a little net-grading. NGC appears to have given this piece a bump in the wrong direction. F-15 is where I would have landed.  |
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Valued Member
United States
288 Posts |
I see that major relaxing of standards on these type of coins. Oh well, all new collectors such as myself learn how to grade and you will develop an eye for quality no matter what TPG. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I could see them bumping it up to F. But, VF is just crazy...
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't know why NGC shoots itself in the foot like this, but they do. The owner CEO had the gall to send out a message to the public that he was dropping PCGS coins from his registry because PCGS is over grading coins on a regular basis. "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
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Pillar of the Community
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Holy cow is that overgraded!  |
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