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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This is my favourite Maritimes variety. PCGS AU58  .  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21620 Posts |
WOW!!
An 1880 DD.
As close to MS as you can get.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Gorgeous grade and a very nice coin but.... surprise not as RARE as you think. I have handled three over the years and I know for a fact Hugh Powell has handled some as well. The variety is constant and appears to be one die pairing from the limited research I have been able to do.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1442 Posts |
I agree, it's not super rare, nevertheless I believe it's the only "double portrait" variety in the entire Canadian/Provincial series, and there are probably only a few in EF+.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5396 Posts |
Indeed CV. Pop is not high that is for sure! It is truly what everyone can agree on....... NEAT. A marker for this variety is an always weak second 8.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1352 Posts |
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1442 Posts |
Thanks bosox! I'll have to go find one |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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bosox..out of curiosity, which year? :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4911 Posts |
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1442 Posts |
Does anyone know if PCGS is recognizing this variety?
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Moderator
Canada
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PCGS was pretty generous calling that an AU-58...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I could have sworn I saw a PCGS # for this variety somewhere but can't find it  |
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Canada
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Great coin but AU-58? I think that's rather generous. Looks VF-35 to me.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1442 Posts |
LOL...wow, a lot of haters hating on the coin. Anyone see a better example? I think Hugh Powell has a cleaned AU with hairlines, that's about it.
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Canada
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No hating here, but an AU-58 usually only has the finest of circulation wear on the highest points of the devices, and almost no marks in the fields... in this case, the entire cheek of the Queen has been impacted.
Ask yourself this question. If you saw that very coin in a dealers case at a coin show, raw inside a 2.2 flip, and the coin dealer wrote AU-58 on that 2x2 flip - would you have a discussion about said grade of that coin?
My original point was not about finding a better example of this variety. I know weaker strikes can be an issue with that series, and I have no problems calling it an AU. I just commented that PCGS was generous with this coin, because I would have expected an AU-50 or AU-53 grade from them, at the most.
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