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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd say VG-10 on the first one and VF-35 on the second.
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nice upgrade... strong Net grade VF-30...might have made EF-40 if there was no whizzing or scratches....enjoy!
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I would go VF 30, with such a high mintage I thought I would be seeing an au specimen for an up grand on your set.
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with such a high mintage I thought I would be seeing an au specimen for an up grand on your set. The seller made me an offer I could not refuse...  |
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I am split between giving it a VF-35 or a EF-40. I am curious if you know what is going on in the fields right above the eagle's right wing.
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I am curious if you know what is going on in the fields right above the eagle's right wing.  I have no idea. I hadn't even noticed it until Atlasheath mentioned "whizzing" and I went looking for what he/she was talking about... (This coin is probably NOT the final upgrade for this year/mm, but it'll do for now!!) |
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 VF-35 It is a good upgrade  BTW: What are your plans for the other? Inquiring minds want to know  |
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Moe, you said you checked it.. is it whizzed or no? I feel like I'm seeing lines going in a circular path all around the eagle, even on the lettering "HALF DOL" and on the arrows. Maybe that's why he made an offer you couldnt refuse  |
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In hand it's very hard to discern any whizzing, I only see some evidence of it on the top half of the reverse. Something has been done to the fields on either side of the eagle. Now why? I have no idea... I think the scratches on the HALF DOL. & arrows are just that. |
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From my understanding of whizzing, a rotating wire brush is used to create hairlines on a coin in a radial pattern such that light will reflect in a way that simulates mint luster. I am not sure if it is from whizzing but whatever is going on in the fields appears to have a circular pattern and not the radial pattern on several the whizzed coins that I have seen. I still don't know what caused it though.
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06/19/2012 11:56 pm
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Looks like these coins came from two different sets of dies. I don't specialize in Seated Liberty's but I do see that the VF coin has a thin 1 in the date and the VG coin has a wide 1. Am I seeing things or does anyone else see the same?
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Posted 06/18/2012 7:40 pm
