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I must admit that I rarely get to grade this particular series. As usual, Fort Collins gives a thorough explanation of his assessment and I do value his opinion. For what it is worth, I see this coin as XF-40.
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I see no traces of luster in the photos. Doing a comparison with PCGS Photograde for reference, I still see this as a VF coin. 0% chance it grades AU.
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12/08/2025 09:59 am
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On it's worst day it's an XF coin, that's just my opinion though. It's unfortunate when you're completely reliant on photograde.
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12/08/2025 2:02 pm
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United States
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This coin is in nice shape. I agree it is an XF coin. I have one in high VF shape and I enjoy showing it to non coin people and watch their reaction to the fact that the US mint made 20 cent coins.
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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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Forgot. Paid $180 for the coin.
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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I still think it just makes VF-30.
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Pillar of the Community
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also think vf-30 is about right.
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Pillar of the Community
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That scratch on the reverse is a bummer. Not sure if it would details the coin or not, depends on how it looks in hand. As suspected, I am not seeing any luster in the much better new pictures. Sticking with VF-30.
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Comparing your pics to PCGS Photograde, I had to re-evaluate this one and I concur with VF-35. Not much difference in value between VF to XF. I think you did just fine for $180.
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I'm in the upper VF camp. I think it straight grades regardless of the scratch on the reverse .
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice coin. I'm still at VF-25.
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