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Coinfrog, it weighs 2.74 grams my friend. It's definitely bronze. But, it's not the narrow bust variety where they first started minting the L on the ribbon.
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09/10/2019 7:09 pm
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Have you tried looking at it in black and white? John1  |
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Good suggestion John. And don't forget to go near max contrast, too.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for the weight, it's a BR for sure. But I think you'd have hard time convincing a potential buyer this is the "L" version, so it effectively ends up in the "no L" pile. Also, it looks cleaned. Let me ask you - would you pay "L" money to re-acquire it?  |
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Coinfrog, let me look at it in black in white first before I answer that question!  |
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I dunno much about indians, so I'll stay out of this one. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't see it. Keep looking for one!
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Bedrock of the Community
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All in, I'd say a cleaned "details" example of the "no L" BR 1864 cent.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coinfrog, after taking John1's FANTASTIC advice and after looking at it in black and white I have to agree with you. Here is the black and white pic. John1, thank you so much for teaching me another way to look for things. I owe you a lot my friend.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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This has been a good exercise. |
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Glad I could help Jim. John1 |
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I believe one of the diagnostics is a pointed bust vs a rounded bust. I don't believe this coin is the L type.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Can't believe it took this long for someone to point out that it wasn't the pointed bust so it couldn't be the L variety.
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