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Bedrock of the Community
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You are looking at 2 very similarly, but not equally TPG graded large cents. Which one is TPG graded higher and guess the TPG grades? TPG grades will be announced Sunday evening 3/19/2017 after 4pm. Thread participants will calculate and designate the winner by consensus and acclamation on this thread. (In other words, I am too lazy to calculate the winner) Prize for the winner will be a priceless, dateless, honestly and lovingly circulated Buffalo nickel! Ooooohhhhh! Bonus prize will be awarded to whoever gets the two grades exactly. A priceless, and also dateless 50 off-center struck Lincoln (memorial) cent ! Ooooohhhhh! Ties will go to the person who guessed first on this thread. If the post is modified, the date and time of last guess post alteration supercedes earlier position on the thread. Pick: Higher graded coin (2 points), Must be closest to the actual grade in PCGS grade increments (1 point per increment), including + designations. CAC or not CAC (1 point). Color Designation (1 point) Details or not details (+ or -1 point). Details type category (+ or -1 point for each category). Grade guess may go over or under with no penalty. Rules may be further refined by popular demand. Pics are the best I can get, and may not be up to your standards.  bonum fortuna... Coin 1: 1855 1C   Coin 2: 1856 1C   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***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
03/13/2017 12:51 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Ist one great pictures, MS64 details, questionable color. No CAC
2nd one, blurry pictures, AU 55 Brown, no CAC
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll take a stab at it:
1855 AU-58, straight grade, no CAC.
1856 MS-63 BN, straight grade, CAC green bean.
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Bedrock of the Community
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No prize for me if I win - give to second place winner
Thanks
1855 upright 55's AU58 RB
1856 MS63 RD
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Not knowing anything about large cents at all, I'll give it a shot. (I also PMed you a question about a rotated die 1854!)
Higher graded coin (2 points),
--- Coin one is higher graded
Must be closest to the actual grade in PCGS grade increments (1 point per increment), including + designations.
--- Coin one: MS64, Coin two: MS62
CAC or not CAC (1 point).
--- Eh, I don't know. CAC em both!
Color Designation (1 point)
--- Coin one: BN, Coin two: RB
Details or not details (+ or -1 point).
--- No details.
Details type category (+ or -1 point for each category).
--- Ibid.
[edit] Putting all of it together in one spot:
1855 upright 5 MS64 BN CAC
1856 slanted 5 MS62 RB CAC
Edited by Druu
03/13/2017 10:25 pm
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I'm guessing the 1855 is higher
1855 - ms62 rb
1856 - au58 bn
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1855 - MS65RB straight 5's CAC higher grade, no details
1865 - MS64BN slanted 5 CAC , no details
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Rest in Peace
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CCF needs to add an icon that expresses: "Wow! This is way over my head!"
I am going to guess:
1855 upright 55 AU50 RB no CAC
1856 slanted 5 MS62 BN CAC sticker
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just for fun, I'll say:
1855 - MS-65RB CAC no details
1856 - MS-63BN no CAC no details
Thanks for the contest!
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Contest ends in about 2.5 hours at 4pm PST. Get your entries in before then. Good luck!
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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coin1- MS64 RB non cac, non details
coins2-MS62 RB non cac, non details
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you for playing. Preliminarily it seems like mcshilling is the winner. Please check if I missed someone who was closer. Congratulations! Once the winner is determined and finalized, pm me and let me know where to send your prize.   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
03/19/2017 7:56 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Druu, I didn't get your pm. You can ask me your question here or email me at CoinNerd@outlook.com. Don't know if I can help, but I'll try.
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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So did I win or not?
If I did I'm on a roll need to get a lottery ticket.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Go buy that ticket!
Congrats mcshilling!
I was way off but it was fun.
Thanks for the contest.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I concur. Congratulations mcshilling!  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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