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Pillar of the Community
Israel
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I call it F15, cleaned. What do you think  ?   |
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Moderator
 United States
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I'm awrite with that.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
Very fair assesment. I would def. add that to my collection in a heartbeat. Hard to find any of those years in even acceptable condition!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
85 Posts |
I can't see the "I" in Liberty in the pictures. If it doesn't have it I would have to go with VG-10. But it is still a sweet looking coin. Wish mine was that good.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
Faint "I" in liberty, overall F-12. nice looking 1884....most you see are worn, seems to be problem free and I don't think the cleaning was harsh.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
F12 I don't see any reason to detail this coin for problems D0ubl3Eagle? Or do you mean the coin shows the details in design of a Fine12 coin?
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeh my V nickels are terrible I need to get better ones |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
When I looked at it, I thought it may have been lightly cleaned. I guess I was expecting a darker shade of gray for a coin in this grade and this seemed a bit "white" and bright to me. Maybe it is the lighting that is giving it that bright appearance.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The "I" is very faint. Maybe F-12.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice look to the coin overall
i like the greyish look to older circulated coins like this one
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Pillar of the Community
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VG-10 in my book, but almost everyone these days seems to ignore the fact that there needs to be some 'I' to get to fine, so market F-12. There is no 'I' at all, and small parts of the 'L' and 'B' are missing as well. Even TPGs are starting to ignore the ASA guidelines on this series in that grade range. I suppose it makes some sense as the jump from VG to F-12 would be pretty big. An official VG looks like garbage and a "ASA" F-12 is already a half-decent coin.
So I'm split. I have no problem calling a coin like this F-12, and allowing the real full LIBERTY to be F-15, but the purist in me is annoyed that 95% of people are calling these coins fine in the face of the official guidelines.
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