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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Placed an offer on this yesterday and was accepted . would appreciate grade and comments . Not sure if Eagles breast is weakly struck or is it rubbed .   |
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New Member
United States
44 Posts |
Nice! How much did you pay for it?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2632 Posts |
It looks like there is some rub on the usual high points listed in the ANA standards, so I'd say AU-58, but I'll also defer to the Walker experts out there. It's a very attractive coin though, I love the luster! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
There is no sign of rubbing anywhere else on the coin, so it follows that most probably there is no rubbing on the eagle's breast feathers either, therefore weak strike in this area.
Maybe? debris filled die in this area, because the rest of the coin seems to be reasonably well struck up, particularly eagle's head, Liberty's head and tops of wings. It cannot be a flat in the breast area, because there is no sign of corresponding damage on the other side of the coin, or on the line of Liberty's body.
Otherwise overall, an exceptional coin.
I just love top condition Weinman Halves. My best example is not THIS good!
I will go for 65. Not sure if the TPGraders would add 'comment' or not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
My first impression was a 64-65. Did notice what appears to be a cloudy spot on the obverse between the T and Y coming off the drapery, but not sure.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5685 Posts |
MS-64. Some hits on the skirt, and and an area of irregular toning or stain in the right obverse field. But very attractive.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Nice one T-BOP.. It's at least a 64..  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11912 Posts |
Looks 65 to me. Nice! 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
3477 Posts |
Beautiful coin! I too am in the 64/65 range, leaning more toward 65.
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Rest in Peace
 United States
18456 Posts |
Thanks guys ,I was hoping for at least a 64, so that seems to be at least the consensus here .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Something tells me you got it for a really good price |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Good chance at 65, I think. Flash effects may be obscuring chest feather detail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
I will say MS65 also. Looks like a weak strike from the picture.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
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Something tells me you got it for a really good price Ed , you know I wouldn't pay what a 65 truly goes for .   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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