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Valued Member
United States
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Two of my recent purchases. I would like the community to grade them. 1947 S   1947   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice coins. Don't really have experience grading these so I will watch the experts weigh in.
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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 United States
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Both appear to be MS ....
Do not let the chatter marks on the obverse portrait cheek concern you from a grade perspective .... this coin is known for not fully striking up and those marks are from the original planchet, not wear or bag hits.
It's a true numismatic challenge to find a BTW that is fully struck and without those cheek chatter marks.
David
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
1947-S - Full unbroken luster, no hints of rub on high points, mint state. MS-64. No hint of cleaning or dipping.
1947 - Same, except MS-65.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3516 Posts |
 with IGE. MS-64 on both |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I am also at MS-64 on both of them.
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Australia
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MS63 for both coins. Some slight scuffing on his cheeks on both coins. In this grade, would expect the see the reverse fields of these coins completely un marked, as it the case here. The reason for this is that the lettering provides a very large number of high points, all of exactly the same height, thus protecting the reverse fields. Would need to examine for scuffing of the individual letters on the reverse with a better than a 10x loupe. That is not the approach used by the TPG'ers. Their industry standard approach is to use a 10x loupe only, in their examination. |
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