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I picked this up cheap for my dansco 7070. I'm not great with series other than Indian Head cents, so wanted to see what you think it would grade. I posted this in another topic a while back as the photos I bought it from we're not good at all. Paid $135, but I think that was a steal. I'm going to have some free grading coupons coming up in a few months and am pondering sending it in. Thanks!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I see some wear in wreatH . AU55. Very pretty. Must be a niCe dansCo.  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.comEdited by numismatic student
02/22/2017 7:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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looks MS to me. A beauty for a very cheap price.
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United States
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United States
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From the sharpness and the luster, it's at least an AU-58. I'd say an MS grade would be more likely. The only reservation I have is that the obverse might be recolored. I would have to see it in person to be sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think it's AU55 on the obverse and there's a bit more wear on the reverse. Looks to me like a touch of wear on the eyebrow area, and on the back the highest points of the leaves. Not the tips, the high points in the middle of some leaves, looks like it has some cabinet wear.
You might get AU55 grading. It looks all natural and beautiful to me. I'd certainly value it at AU55 if it were mine despite what any grading capsule says.
AU55 About Uncirculated Trace of wear on high points of hair above the ear and eye and on highest points on leaves and bow.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Apart from a minor nick in the right obverse field just above S12 and a teensy tiny mark on the bridge of the nose I can find no major or even minor fault with this coin. I would grade it ( TPG) MS 63 BN. You can differentiate it from the proofs based on the rims: this has the collapsing denticles of a late die state business strike. I compared it to my Reiver catalog '55 C-1's which were NGC/EAC MS 63 and NGC/EAC MS 65 and other than the Reiver coins having more mint red (and more carbon spotting for the French/Elder MS63 hoard coin) your example is certainly not far behind in terms of eye appeal and surfaces. If there is any wear, the sharpness grade would be certainly no worse than a full AU58 and choice in the grade at that. Hopefully Bill's reservation ends up being not the case and it hasn't been doctored. 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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Agree worst case 58, more likely 63 or better. Super.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Slider, could go AU-58 to MS 63. Tough to call with out seeing in in hand. A beauty though!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Boy I sure do like this one! Like many said above, at least AU-58 with claims to low MS grades. Nice coin!
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the color is not natural. AU58 details
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