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Even the senior EAC member I purchased it from said it might bump up. Hey, I paid PO1 $ for it :-) Got back yesterday. PCGS PO01   swcoin.ecrater.com
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With your knowledge of the series I am confident that you knew this was genuine when you purchased it. Personally ... I would have been flustered and unable to make that determination ... good for you.  Not many 1793 Chain Cents out there Dave ... congratulations on the purchase and good news that it is in a PCGS graded holder ... even at P01. David |
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I appreciate that David. Thank you sir!
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That is very cool. Must have been incredible to hold raw....excellent pick up!
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Ha, it was. These are very thick planchets so it was a chunk of copper.
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Haven't seen anything more lovely all day! And I'm so glad you chose to show us the coin as it should be shown: pre-slab! Now that you know the "official" grade, I dearly hope this beauty won't suffocate in that slab much longer!
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Well, here's the deal. I do plan on selling this coin in the future and, having seen the multitude of dis-trust of this series genuineness, I will leave this coin in the PCGS holder (reason I went with PCGS - resale potential).
I know that sounds superficial at best but, that's the reality.
I would love this coin raw in my Large Cent Dansco but then again, questions would arise come time to sell.
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I have seen PO01's sell for more that FR-02's so you may have gotten the better deal with it coming back in the lowest grade any coin could ever get. Some people put together lowball sets and since there is no lower that PO01 that is the one they will look for when building these sets
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It is a shame that there is too much detail gone to determine if it has Ameri. or America on the reverse. Still, it would be the highlight of any large cent collection in any condition. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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It was determined to be the AMERICA variety.
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Very nice indeed. From my limited knowledge, I would not argue the grade personally. One day I will have one. One day...
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The position of the letters of ONE CENT relative to the links of the chain would appear to rule out the reverse of the AMERI., or Sheldon-1 variety. The other 3 varieties have the same reverse (which matches this one). I think the position of the R in LIBERTY rules out Sheldon-3. I'm leaning toward Sheldon-4, rather than 2, but can anyone make out a dot after the Y?
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I can see a dark spot that looks like a dot lined up with the bottom of the Y that appears to be spaced properly, but it could just as easily be caused by a surface mark as it could be an actual intentional dot
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p, I purchased it as an S-4 ;-)
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v, thanks for not spoiling my afternoon's sport!
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It's an S-4. The BERTY are too close together to be anything else.
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Posted 09/01/2012 9:25 pm
