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Edited by pristine2
12/01/2013 8:54 pm
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Yes this coin is vf to xf and that spot is from the original strike.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also have an 1834 (you might want to change the title to the thread to 1834). It has the exact same strike weakness in "Pluribus" as your coin. That is not wear.
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Pillar of the Community
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Just for fun....can you weigh this one?
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I have a '34 like the bearcats and it is soft in pluribus too. However, this coin seems off to me. It would be considered a small date variety but the date seems a little off and the strike on the reverse seems strange. The dentils don't compare to my coin. I agree that it should be weighed.
Edited by chesterb
12/01/2013 8:48 pm
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My scale isn't very accurate -- it only reads to the tenth gram. It shows 13.5 grams.
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I added another pic of the reverse. The surfaces look natural to me. It would be very odd coin to fake. The investment would far exceed the return ...
Edited by pristine2
12/01/2013 8:56 pm
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Well that's right on the money...so maybe it's just the photo or a poor strike.
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Pillar of the Community
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It would be very odd coin to fake. The investment would far exceed the return Not really...... http://www.cccbhcc.com/ |
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Although I believe yours is good. Many have been faked. VF35 on your small date, small letter.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm quite confident this coin is genuine.
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 No offence intended....simply thought the denticles on the reverse looked funky. |
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This coin is genuine. It is very common on Capped Bust Halves to be weak in that spot. It is just opposite of the lower breast area which required a lot of metal to flow into the dies on both sides during striking. Sometimes the conditions were not right during striking to fill the voids completely. Variables such as striking pressure, planchet thickness, die spacing etc. cause these variations. Personally it doesn't bother me much. It's part of the personality of these early coins.
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Your 1834 small date small letters is in VF condition, the detail is not strong enough for XF. still a nice example. This one has a better strike.  |
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