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Edited by taylor34
06/05/2013 01:06 am
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Huh, photos won't show up so I just posted links. Sorry about that.
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Flickr is funny about getting links that work with IMG tags; hopefully a later poster will know how, as I don't use Flickr. An interesting coin. I'm guessing you know this rather a rarity, and more common as a Proof than a Business Strike, right? The two are pretty hard to tell apart. It's a very subjective process, even for a TPG. Numerous experimental cases exist of a single coin being submitted multiple times to differing TPG's, and they never agreed twice in a row. Looking at what seem to be somewhat-rounded rims on your coin, I'm thinking (very cautiously) that this might_just be a Business Strike. You'll never hear me call this for certain, though. |
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first thought was AU55. nice full vertical lines on the reverse
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I agree looks mid AU..AU55
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Thanks for the replies guys, I appreciate it. For Three Cent Nickels, is there a particular grading service that you'd recommend (PCGS vs NGC)? I'm stockpiling a group to send here eventually, and this is one that I'd likely do at some point. |
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Wow this is a pretty rare coin!  Quote:
I'm thinking (very cautiously) that this might just be a Business Strike.  IMO, the lack of detail in the lower obverse hair makes me think this just might be a business strike. I'm thinking this coin came lacking this detail from the mint, but I'm hesitant to call it MS (it's close!), so I'll fudge and go with AU-58. Definitely a beauty!!  |
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As an update to this thread, I received an AU-55 (PCGS) 1889 Three Cent piece in the mail a week or so ago, finally got to compare the two coins...the 1883 blows it away. So either the 1883 is MS-63 or higher, the au-55 is overgraded, or it's a proof. Probably a proof I'm guessing, but it sure would be nice if it was an MS grade coin. From the observe I can't really tell any differences strike wise but the backs on the coins look a little different. It also has a rotated reverse of about 45 degrees, was hoping that was going to help me narrow it down but it didn't, all the proofs I saw except for possibly one were pretty close to straight. |
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Hey Moe-- I'm not sure how many Three Cent pieces you have or if your 1885 is your only one, but does your proof have high relief or low relief on the reverse? I forgot to elaborate in my post last night, the difference in the reverse between the 1883 and 1889 is that the 1889 has higher relief than the 1883. That may just be a difference between the years though, as they weren't very consistent with some things (look at the size of the date in between some years...1889 is HUGE relative to 1883. Freaked me out for a sec until I looked at heritage and saw that their coins were like that as well). |
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