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Here's my 1863 penny -- what do you all think? Thanks.   I'm attaching an iphone photo, just to give you a better look at the color and the real look of the coin, obviously focus is only so-so with the phone.  |
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Really, I thought some of the details in the head feathers, and the quality of the back, might raise it to F12. Clearly you guys did not! As I said, the iphone photo shows you the color but not the detail, of course, it's not even in good focus.
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Pillar of the Community
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Conservatively AG, if it were mine. Cant even think about F until at least 3 letters in LIBERTY are full.....imo
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G-06, but the scratches on the obverse may push it lower.
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Oh ok. Goes to show what I know!
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It's reall amazing, I scoured that coin and honestly thought the reverse was better than the obverse, and that it could possibly merit a F12 because of the feathers having some detail -- the Gs I saw tended to be totally washed out. Honestly, it's been really neat finding this site as people are SO willing to help out with opinions on grades, and all the other questions I've raised, and others raise. I've frequented a lot of web communities, this one is particularly nice :)
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G4 max maybe lower, obverse scratches on face....
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Rims are too full to grade any lower than G-6 IMHO.
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I think there are more details there than G06, but I cannot make out any letters in the headband, so I think G06 is the grade.
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That was my conundrum, it has more detail than some of the G silhouettes you see.
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Posted 01/19/2015 5:53 pm
