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Valued Member
United States
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Hello everyone, I bought this very attractive 1843 Half Dime yesterday. Although the toning is dark, it has a lovely reflectivity to it and the coin is free of any bothering marks, as tends to be true with these little beauties (compared to their bigger brethren). Please help me estimate the grade--I'd say it's an attractive extremely fine. If you have any ideas as to why the picture looks like there is a "W" on the shield above the "T" in "LIBERTY", please share!     |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Grades VF in my mind.
I think the W is just a messed up part of the shield lines.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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XF-45, this coin does not have much wear but suffers from the typical flat strike and an old dipping/wipe.
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 United States
115 Posts |
Thanks for looking! I agree the strike isn't ideal, however I'm happy that the rims are very well defined. It's hard to take a good picture of this coin--maybe I'll try again. ShadowCreator, what was the giveaway that it has been cleaned? I would think that any silver coin would eventually to a very dark surface like this eventually with enough environmental exposure. A couple more pics:    Edited by rexvictor
10/24/2011 02:00 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yeah it looks original in the new pics...I maintain at least high EF.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with an EF-40 or better grade and the second set of photos do present a coin that looks original. If the apparent residual luster is present the grade might be EF-45.
The "W" does look odd but like Rachums said it's probably part of the shield lines. There seems to be a stain right there that happens to form the diagonal strokes of the W shape. I would like to see an enlarged image of this area if possible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like this series. The rim has wear and because of the wear on the head, shoulders, leg, and shield on the OBV and the leaves on the rev. and the details are still there looks XF to me.
Edited by jessvc1
10/25/2011 12:45 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the replies! Please see the best closeup I could get of the "W"--scanned at 4800 dpi:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that looks like the lines in the shield.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
the color of that area with the lines of the shield probably make it look like that, thats my guess.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yes, it looks much more original in the later photos.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those later pix are much nicer and show what appears to be natural luster. I was dubious about the natural look in the original photos. XF+
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Posted 10/23/2011 11:00 pm
