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grandparents passed and I inherited the coins. not many. mostly generic indian heads and some silver. I have a full set of Lincoln wheat pennies myself. but this one stood out for sure. looked like a large date to me. I'm curious what would this be graded? unfortunately, it has a couple of bends in it. the H is smashed.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by themetallurgist
08/08/2014 10:46 pm
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United States
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From the angle of the photo, I am not convinced that it is the Large 5 variety.
A better photo taken vertically will confirm the variety. The size of the numeral
7 appears more consistent with the Small Date variety. But again, at present this
is inconclusive. The grade is F 12, perhaps 15.
doug
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 this is not the large date.... |
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Fine details at best... 'a couple of bends' will kill any chance of an other than details grade.
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With the "right touch"..it can easily be straightened..and left completely unmarked in the process.
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Does appear to be small date.
Can you expand on the "right touch" please DEVLEC ? I have a few otherwise nice Victoria's that could use an unbending.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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08/09/2014 9:59 pm
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not sure of his method but I use a wooden dowl with a small piece of foam and I lay the coin on a flat piece of wood that is covered with a pice of plastic...Then with a few soft taps using a hammer on the dowl the coin gets better without any marks at all
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Small date by me observations. It can easily be straightened out, with little evidence. Nice key date silver five!
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I've tried with an anvil, two pieces of leather, a 1 inch steel rod, and a dead blow hammer. No satisfactory results yet, too soft a blow the coin looks straightened, too hard a blow the design starts to mush. How do you do it? Maybe I'll try artdio's method with wood dowel.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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..2 pieces of leather...hmmm, ..a dead blow hammer...hmmm, DBM..a reply would be good..!!..  |
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I havent tried this but perhaps a nice slow flattening with 2 pieces of leather and a good strong and flush vice, maybe.
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being flattened doesn't help, but it's looking like a small date to me.  |
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I dont know why but I'm given the impression that its a large date.
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