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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have been offered two coins, this is the first. Would appreciate your thoughts on the grade, eye appeal, problems and price you might pay. Thanks! 1795 Draped Bust/Small Eagle Dollars Off-Center Bust (Lowest Hair Curl Distant from Star 1) Variety: BB-51, B-14, R-1I have this at F15 details scratched. I see three comparables at auction graded Fine details scratched, net graded VG8 that sold for $1,764-$2,000. Comps were graded by NGC (2) and ANACS (1). All had slightly better detail than subject and had a much less noticeable scratch (only 1) in reverse. This one is more obviously scratched. Twice in front in the middle in the middle of the main device (Liberty) and north-south the entire length of the reverse. I would guess that this may sell at a large auction for $1,400 due to severity and centrality of scratches if authenticated by PCGS/NGC.   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
03/08/2017 01:11 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Like the color but not the scratches.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I could live with the light cleaning, which to me is evident mostly on the obverse but the graffiti kills it. I would pass unless it was $1,000 and I doubt they'd go that low.
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Pillar of the Community
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The thing about scratches is they become way more noticeable once you fork over the money and take the coin home.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is the reverse scratch not an adjustment mark? If it were my coin I would pretend it was.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7625 Posts |
Great idea....just add some more parallel "adjustment marks" to it, let it tone another 200 years or so, then revisit the issue on the Global Galaxy Antique Obsolete Metal Disk Forum!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is the reverse scratch not an adjustment mark? If it were my coin I would pretend it was. The lines above the word "LIBERTY" are adjustment marks. The scratches in the middle of the coin are post mint damage. My grade would be Fine sharpness, scratched. It was also cleaned long ago, probably with something like baking soda. If it were not for the scratches, I think that it would get a grade. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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F-15 details here as well. Pass and wait for a nicer one.
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Posted 03/08/2017 12:28 am
