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Rest in Peace
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AU-55. I'm seeing top knot rub and disturbed fields.
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Sharper images Thanks. It clearly appears circulated in the new images. 53 or 55 sounds about right. A nice example of this slightly better Civil War date. |
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Well, I think I should finally
take a chance on a raw coin.
I can get the 1861 $5 raw for $330.
Melt is $314.55.
I figure I'll come out OK
as long as it's Genuine.
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Well, I think I should finally
take a chance on a raw coin.  It appears to be in a TPG holder? $330 is very cheap too. $330 is about 50% of the retail value of this piece in AU55. This AU55 sold for $720 this month on Heritage: https://coins.ha.com/itm/a/1259-8080.s |
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I'd buy it for $330 in a heartbeat. Better date, Civil War date and in decent condition. Worst case it's a $400 piece in AU Details and it looks better than that.
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Would it be worth another $30
to have it sent off to PCGS for certification?
Edited by Scarp9603
09/21/2017 07:46 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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If the gouge in the cheek is an old one then I'd go for it. If you can see fresh metal anywhere in that gouge then keep it raw.
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Would it be worth another $30
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If the gouge in the cheek is an old one then I'd go for it. If you can see fresh metal anywhere in that gouge then keep it raw Why? What difference would that make? Edited by Scarp9603
09/22/2017 8:29 pm
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It came back from PCGS as AU55!  |
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nice score!  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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