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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I would also say AU55/58. Also, why don't you wait couple of days until you reveal it, so more members can participate. |
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for the welcomes! Sounds good to me, I'll post the answer on Monday.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Shot at AU-58, just smashing. to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
04/21/2017 6:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree AU-58 as well. Welcome
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm at au53. There is no luster, but also not a lot of wear. There are a lot of scratches and marks especially in the obverse fields. A nice strike and great eye appeal. It would be 55 if it had fewer marks in the fields. A very pretty, scarce civil war coin that I would love to have in my collection. 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
04/21/2017 6:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm gonna take the trend a little lower and say AU-50. Not sure if it is original or not.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't think it's cleaned, all the fields look natural as they fade into the devices, but I do reduce my grade opinion from 58 to 53.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it graded AU50 sounds fair and a 53 would be no surprise. The burn (solder?) marks on both sides of the obverse could have resulted in a no-grade though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not a fan of those types of pics but I don't think it's been cleaned.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you all for the responses! You've restored my confidence a bit, I had graded this AU53.  (sorry about to less than ideal picture, not skilled at taking those yet) AU50 or AU55 wouldn't have shocked me, but was pretty surprised to get it back XF45 given the minimal wear. Maybe it has something to do with the two "burn" marks on the obverse? In any case, given everyone's responses and my own opinion, I'll think of it as better than an XF45. Maybe I'll send it to reconsideration someday. |
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