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Bedrock of the Community
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This one is very attractive imho. Opinions on grade? I have some doubts about the surfaces. Has this been cleaned? Thanks!   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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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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That is one seriously beautiful coin. Can't tell about cleaning, so just congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have one of these tiny coins from 1862 also. I would give yours a VF 30 grade.
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02/03/2017 09:29 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow. BigSilver complimenting LittleSilver. Thx  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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My grade would be VF-20. The has a fair amount of detail, but there is nothing exciting about it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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She's a tiny little beauty, VF-30.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Strictly for technical grade, it makes VF-25. I can see from the light parallel scratches on the reverse why you would ask if it were cleaned.
More than likely, those minute fine scratches are from the finger rubbing against the coin to make it more visible. Could have happened yesterday, or a long time ago.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Maybe even VF-30. Not a lot of pizzaz, maybe, but enough hair, clasp and Liberty detail are there for a good mid-VF grade to me.
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02/03/2017 4:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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all the veins are there on this high point leaves and the shield is complete all around. the obverse is a little weak in strike. I does appear that there are a lot of hairlines underneath that toning which is not natural. my take in it is that this coin was cleaned and then someone dirtied it up and wiped it off with a cloth to hide the cleaning. in my opinion the coins is XF45 details.
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I would grade it VF35 but agree with Panzaldi that it was abrasively cleaned and has been given a cover-up job.
Not that I would ever do this, or know anyone who would have done, but some used straight 30 weight motor oil and a few minutes in an oven and you might see something like this come out after you wipe it off.
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