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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
Hi everyone, Just picked this one up, wanted to see what the grading opinions are- photos are through the 2x2 since I am not positive I am keeping it and I can't return if I open the 2x2...     *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** to the grading section |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Can't see significant details from your images.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4337 Posts |
Tell them you're taking it out of the flip to weight it, caliper it and examine it. And they can run in traffic especially if you have a buyer protection from an online purchase via PP.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
Looks like the Cohen-1 (very common). Tough to talk about the surfaces from the pics. Weak strike obverse....VF ish.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
dsfreeworld, not an online purchase, old school mail bid seller, so no paypal protection or such...
amida, I have it as VF details. there are a couple of hits that I think would be judged as scratches if graded but I'm OK with that for the price I paid and since this is one for my own collection
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Pillar of the Community
United States
594 Posts |
Barring anything 'unseen' from looking through plastic, it looks very much like a VF. I'm not sure that the marks that I can see would be graded as details scratches on that year coin.
Yup -really need to see better pics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4415 Posts |
Agree, VF ish, leaning toward Fine. If you paid much more than say $75, I'd suggest returning it. IMHO, don't open it, as the seller might be upset and consider it sold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1949 Posts |
Exoguy, I did pay more than $75 but I have not seen anything decent looking with some detail go for under $100 anytime recently... Am I completely off on my valuation?
I'm still debating on keeping it or not, it's a nice looking coin even with a couple of hits and the draped bust design is my favorite of american coinage...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18640 Posts |
I'm in the VF camp also. Looks like a slightly weak strike but enough detail to warrent a 20 grade. The obverse surf. ace hits may pull a details. Grade
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2189 Posts |
Looks VF fine to me, and not a bad looking coin.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
1849 Posts |
It looks like a decent coin to me too. Surfaces appears reasonably smooth and there is enough detail there for a VF grade. No obvious signs of cleaning, and hits if any, seem to be small and fairly distributed.
My advice: for the money you are paying, if you like it, keep it. It is a nice coin from 1803. And do not get too carried it away with this issue of 'details' grade. Sometime I feel that U.S collectors emphasize too much whether a coin will slab or not (I do agree though grading has its place), and forget the numismatic aspects of coin collecting. Enjoy your coin, even if it is not perfect.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
F-VF slider. Possibly details if you care what a TPG thinks. Looks like honest surfaces and is attractive to my eye. |
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United States
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 United States
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I don't see anything wrong with it.
I'm at mid-VF level.
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Canada
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Posted 11/05/2014 5:42 pm
