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Bedrock of the Community
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For this who cannot grade unless they have the seller's original images.   |
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@ coinfrog...because he loves a challenge...with crummy sellers pixs...  @ NS..do you ever pick-up coins with good/great photos? |
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There are too many bidders driving up the price for coins with clear pictures, but I think the 1908-s Indian cent had pretty good pictures. So did the 1885-O Morgan. So I think it's a mixed bag. |
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I'll wait for in hand pics on this one.
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Interesting coin. Your coin has a whale of a die break on the reverse. It's a close call between a die break and RCD. There are no listed RCDs for an 1892.
LDS obverse and reverse. Quite a few small die chips and the two significant reverse cracks. Old cleaning, not sure if it is market acceptable. There are surface abrasions on the neck and on the fields inside the upper wreath.
I'm leaning toward AU Details here. If it isn't detailed, the obverse hits me at AU-55 and the reverse at AU-58, maybe with an eye appeal adjustment for the surface scratches.
If it straight grades, really decent snag from the seller's pics. If this becomes an RCD plate coin, you came out well ahead.
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I am baffled. Are both sets of pics of the same coin?
And why is the second set gold colored? Is the coin struck on a rose-gold planchet?
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Bedrock of the Community
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High AU or MS details (cleaned and re-toning).
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I looked closely at the date with a 10x loupe and it is not a RCD. It looks like the date is doubled in the pictures, but from what I can see, it is only absence of toning around the date to make it look like it is doubled.  |
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Multi-purpose abbreviations strike again. I was using the old RCD abbreviation for Retained Cud, rather than a recut date. One of these years, I'll adapt to the new pre-cud name. (My wife just said "no you won't.") I'm talking about the heavy reverse die break or possible retained Cud at 10:00-12:00. |
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high AU details or UNC details
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@fortcollins Not sure what was going on in 1892 but I've seen a lot of those interior Cuds or whatever we call them, particularly in the corn husk. These two were in the first three rows of Heritage results and are similar to the OP coin in the left wreath.  |
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