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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have been trying to attribute the die off Byron Reed but I cannot get a finger on it. Any experts? Also, any grading thoughts are really appreciated. I am in at VF+ on this one. Truly genuine problem free coin IMO but is VF30 too much? thank you as always  |
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Israel
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I think this one is VF20. The wear pattern is a bit weird, a lot of wear on the eagle's head and left wing. Obverse is nicer, could have been a VF30.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks VF for sure. I'd grade it VF20 and maybe VF25 on a good day. It doesn't look VF30 to me and I'm no help on attribution either. If this were a particularly weak die combo perhaps someone might go VF30.
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Moderator
 United States
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I'm buying VF20 and (understanding I don't have the book, just skill at Internet datamining) the location/orientation of the date, 10C and location of some of the reverse letters point me at JR-1 for the variety. Don't take this as gospel.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Preach David, Preach!
I was trying by going off of Reed's photo examples although using your expertise and lead, I will now scour the auction archives for any slabbed w/ attribution examples and diagnose from there.
Thank you sir and thanks to all of you for the grading thoughts. Duly noted.
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Moderator
United States
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Head for Heritage. It's the dropped 18, the shape of the 5, the elevated location of 10 and the low I in UNITED that made up my case.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Right on Dave!
the real diagnostic key from a write-up I just read off Stacks and then looking at all 9 known reverses, is the final "S" in STATES sits perfectly over the "S" in PLURIBUS. JR-1 is the only known variety to exhibit this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going VF 25, nothing more nothing less. Nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with VF20 as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PCGS just gave this one a VF20
Great call lads!
SCORE!
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Israel
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Was just about to guess VF20 when I saw I've already guessed it and you've already postedPCGS's grade.
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United States
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VF 20 at first glance, maybe I'm finally learning to do this after seeing all the agreement
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