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Valued Member
United States
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I have the opportunity to bring this home and wanted to get some thoughts as to grade and authenticity. AG3 seem about right? It feels right and nothing is jumping out at me but what do you all think? I know it is a very rare date/mm what is a good price for this glaring hole in my Dansco? Thanks in advance!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm at a good maybe details. The only thing that draws a red flag is that there is a smudge and spot right where a mintmark could be. Granted the 1894 P is the second lowest mintage, I'd get more opinions. People have altered 1894 O and S to make it appear a genuine 1894 P. If you do buy it I highly recommend getting it authenticated asap.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 The area near MM is highly suspicious. This is one date I would not buy raw. 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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Rest in Peace
United States
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I agree that the lighter "squiggle" where the mint mark would have been is a little suspicious. At the very least I'd want to look at that area very closely.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I think this was originally an 1894-O mint Morgan dollar. Run Forrest, run! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would want the purchase price so low .. that it would be worth taking
a chance.
If not .. I would pass
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very much pass. Very suspicious.
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Valued Member
United States
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Cboyera, The denticles are too worn to determine the correct position from the base of the neck. The wear also would make it impossible to see the die gouges between the right leg and the tail indicative of the 94 P. The 94 appears to be intact. The MM area is suspicious. I have passed on 2 raw coins I knew were suspicious and 1 graded coin that had the MM area that did not seem right. I would save the $ to get a graded coin in better condition. Good Luck, AG.
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Valued Member
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Thank you all for your responses...looks like I am back on the hunt!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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With a grade this low there is a good chance the coin has been altered. I would pass on it.
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Valued Member
United States
306 Posts |
Helps to have a good relationship with sellers! I got the opportunity to purchase this with a 100% money back guarantee if it body bagged with PCGS. However...no need to take the seller up on it as it straight graded G04 with PCGS! I guess it won't fill a hole in my Dansco but a hole in the collection!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great ending to this thread!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Congratulations. Nice to see a happy ending!
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
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Happy to see it got a no problem grade  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I love it when a plan comes together. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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