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Valued Member
United States
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Sorry if the pictures are not good enough as small coins are hard for me..   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU-50 details. Appears to have some scratches in the field by Indian's face.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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are you sitting a gold coin on an actual silver eagle or is that a backdrop of some sort?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Au52
EDIT- typo, make that 53
Edited by Jon Brand
04/23/2014 9:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Err, Jon, AU52 doesn't exist. Au50, Au53, Au55, Au58, then Ms60.
Looks like its on a silver eagle to me!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That must have been a typo as I was in a rush. It should say 53!
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Australia
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU50/53 possibly ex-jewlery piece?
"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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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'd call it MS details, cleaned or polished. All the details are there, strong feather detail on the reverse wing... but it looks shiny and lackluster to me. Could just be the photos though.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Also might want to verify it for authenticity....these were heavily counterfeited, and something just doesn't seem right.
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Canada
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I'm at AU-50 perhaps 53, better pics would help. The coins looks a bit weird, like it was polished.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sandblast/matte proofs were made in 1908, 1911 and 1915. Is it possible that this came from one? The more I look, the more detail I see.
Edited by Jon Brand
04/24/2014 10:16 pm
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 United States
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Sorry.. I got busy! yes that is my 1996 ASE in background but they are not really touching.. the coin came from AMPEX and I think they have away to test gold.. it was one of those random year deals (cleaned) .. first coin they sent me was the 1927 but it had solider work and got sent back and this was the replacement so anything is possible with AMPEX as that 1927 they sent me is a low mintage year and killed me to send it back. I will see if I can up the pixels on my camera for you guys. Edited by Gold4Ever
04/25/2014 09:29 am
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Rest in Peace
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APMEX is reputable so it is probably genuine(unless they were duped too, which is possible with high quality counterfeits)....but that explains why it looks cleaned. It has great details though!!. I'd say its a keeper, since you bought it as a cleaned coin anyway.
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 United States
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Stipulating it's a Details coin (you can see why in LI of LIBERTY and places on the reverse)....
I'm torn as regards circulation or the lack thereof. The obverse (feathers) hints at circulation but the shoulder/wing is strong. I'd prefer larger pics to come down firmly on either side, but I don't really think this one circulated.
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