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Looks like a nice one. Thoughts?   |
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au58bn. coin is very nice and free of marks but it has very little luster.
This coin is pretty vanilla. It's nice but is as uninteresting as it gets, imho. Not really any wow factor.
I would ask myself whether I want a nice coin in my type set or a greatest coin I can get my hands on for the money.
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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65 Brown. Although Brown, it's a beautiful even tone.
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Certainly at least AU-58.
And if MS I can easily see it making -65.
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I don't see a rub from photos.
Technically MS65 or +, but due to lack of luster, net MS64.
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I agree 65BN. But where is the luster? Maybe 64, but looks to mark free to be lower then that.
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02/26/2018 12:11 am
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65BN, very choice, congrats.
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BTW with this coin there's no such thing as BN (or RD or RB). It's copper/nickel and they don't get those designations. Same with the 1859-1864 IHC's. |
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Thanks for all the opinions. I think this is a really nice example, hard to find these mark free with an even tone. Seems like the consensus that since it may be a lackluster example, it shouldnt be considered for type?
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I tend to like all of these. I prefer ones that are toned a little more than this one.
If this received a 64-65 I wouldn't be surprised. I think it is really a slider based on some of the Rev toning at 5-6 o'clock.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Quote:BTW with this coin there's no such thing as BN (or RD or RB). It's copper/nickel and they don't get those designations. Same with the 1859-1864 IHC's. 2 cent coppers were made out of bronze (95% copper 5% tin and zinc) and receive the color designations.  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.comEdited by numismatic student
02/26/2018 12:25 pm
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