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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This was the half dollar for which I paid $11 recently on ebay  |
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Moderator
 United States
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I like it,MS63? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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looks 64 to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1048 Posts |
I'd call it MS62 --- a very good deal for $11.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I don't want to scare you ; but do yourself a favor . Weigh it and give it the magnet test .  |
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United States
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What about it makes you suspect? John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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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Rest in Peace
United States
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What about it makes you suspect? I actually hope I'm wrong ,but the black peppered fields obv. and rev. also some on devices . I don't know ; the whole coin is whispering cast to me. Someone please challenge my assumption and set me straight .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yes, there are peppered speckles on the coin. However, I think it's a fault of the metal.
I love how my camera has such high resolution. The black speckles actually protrude outwards, as seen by a 60x loupe.
However, it is genuine in hand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know ; the whole coin is whispering cast to me. Someone please challenge my assumption and set me straight . If it was cast, then it would not have luster. It is nearly impossible to get a mold that fine (and would be very cost prohibitive, meaning another coin would be used), and it is against metallurgical physics to produce coin luster using the casting method. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I am thinking AU-58 from those pictures.
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU53/55 but something about the overall eye appeal of this coin is off. I dont know if it was burnished some how or dipped or ? and something is going on right above the date. but hey for that price  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-58. Very nice. I think in natural light, it will look "no problem".
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