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Pillar of the Community
United States
517 Posts |
So I was asked if I would run a contest to celebrate my 100 post "milestone" on the forum. The rules are pretty straight forward- I am asking the readers to review the images of these three large cents and then state the actual TPG grade on the slab. I will tally the number of correct responses and the Member with the most correct will be declared the winner; if a tie, the correct answer for the 4th example (image #4-runoff) will determine the ultimate winner. 1 try per contestant, no do-overs. The contest will be open to all Members here with shipping addresses within the continental US until noon Wednesday, Dec 14. I will tally beginning on my day off, Thursday. The "prize" for winning is an 1803 Half Cent from my Dark Side Collection. Example #1:   Example #2:   Example #3:   Run-off #4:   Just a note, I own 3 of the 4 listed examples. Good luck! Edited by burfle23
12/11/2022 4:53 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Example 1 = F12
Example 2 = VF20
Example 3 = XF40
Example 4 = VF30
Nice coins and thanks for the contest!
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
#1- F15 #2- VF25 #3- VF20 #4- VF35 Thank you for having a contest. I was hoping for an easy one, but I am not that good at grading and the large cent is way out of my comfort zone. Congrats on your  John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9149 Posts |
Thanks for the contest, I'm with John1 not the best grader about lets see.
1 - AU50
2 - XF40
3 - AU50
4 - VF35
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
1 - VF30
2 - VF25 Details, Corroded
3 - AU50
4 - XF40
It's quite a lovely group!
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
# 1-AU-55
# 2 VF-25 Details
# 3 AU-58
# 4 F-15 Details .
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5661 Posts |
Wow, a pretty wide range of guesses! Shows how hard it is to grade these. I'd say:
#1 XF-40
#2 XF-45
#3 AU-50
#4 AU-53
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
1: F15
2: Vf25 Details Environmental Damage
3: AU50
4: Au55
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Pillar of the Community
United States
743 Posts |
Good contest! All very nice coins! I, too, am not too good at grading but here's my best shot
1. VF-30
2. XF Details, Environmental Damage
3. AU-50
4. XF-40
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3468 Posts |
My best effort with a tough batch of coins. Great contest!
1 - XF45
2 - AU50 details
3 - XF40
4 - AU50 details
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
517 Posts |
This obviously is a tough contest!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2951 Posts |
Hmm... #1: AU-55 with weak strike, #2: AU details, #3: AU-58, #4: AU-55 details There is too much detail in the hair on all of these for me to go any lower than AU on all of these unless my grading on early coppers is way off. Wow, the responses are all over the place now that I look... When this contest is over, I wonder if CarrsCoins will chime in with his analysis... |
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United States
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Fun contest - I'll get in under the deadline.
#1 - XF45
#2 - XF40 details
#3 - XF45
#4 - AU50
I as well hope to hear CarrsCoins views.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
517 Posts |
Thank you to all who participated! I realize this was a pretty tough challenge. Before I post the "answers" I would like to note that all four examples are STRUCK COUNTERFEITS. The genuine source coin was a highly tooled/ repaired 1798 S-158 variety large cent that has been documented in my continuing research. So the entire slab of each example and grade is as follows:     I will review the responses and announce the "winner" shortly! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
despite having seen these exact coins before, read your article on them, and knowing the source of the post I was still half way through grading them before it clicked. these are some scary good fakes.
for anyone looking for a tell - there is a dig at the bust tip that is on all of the coins. another tell is the damage above TY in liberTY present on all of these examples.
thanks for sharing Jack!
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12/14/2022 7:25 pm
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Posted 12/11/2022 11:25 am
