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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Seller pictures -- grade this 1803 Half Cent. It has some central reverse roughness/porosity, and light overall porosity on the obverse, but otherwise, fairly attractive considering it's 213 years old. Can't tell on color from his pictures. Thanks for your thoughts!   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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moderate porosity. may have been cleaned at some point. could make VG8
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VG, Net G due to porosity.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I almost pulled the trigger on this one earlier today. It was at $55 and one lone bid. I like the coin but decided to wait and spend my ebay bucks on something else. I think it makes G6 shot at VG. |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I'll see how it looks in hand. RK. I had to think about it quite a bit before bidding. Was surprised that I did not get out bid overnight.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it will look nice in hand. it does have eye appeal if you ask me. I was going to throw a bid up of 57.50 since it was free shipping.
I also was surprised there were no last second snipes....I fully expected that there would be.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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g6 to vg8 would be my guess
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good-6 sharpness porous, which in this grade does not concern me that much. The die variety is Cohen 2 which is common. The naked eye diagnostic for the variety is the bulge under "18" in the date.
The Chinese have copied this variety and one of their minions got it into a PCGS slab. Since your coin is genuine it's a million times better than that hunk of junk.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In-hand. Acetone dip and then a soak in Verdi-Care to protect & condition surface.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Posted 04/10/2016 3:53 pm
