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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Think I've got a nice shot at a Poor-1 with this recent $3 "investment." 1837 Capped Bust Dime. Is the obverse too "strong" to hit Poor-1?   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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it has a really good shot at P-01. Good price as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a hypothetical question. I realize these coins don't have mint marks. But what if they did and the area where the MM would go is worn smooth? Since the mint could not be determined, would that disqualify the coin as a P-01 candidate?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a hypothetical question. I realize these coins don't have mint marks. But what if they did and the area where the MM would go is worn smooth? Since the mint could not be determined, would that disqualify the coin as a P-01 candidate? It would disqualify it from PO-1 if there was no other identifying characteristics that were discernible. For example, a coin can grade PO-1 with the date worn away completely if there are characteristics identifiable such as size, composition, faint device lines, etc that narrow it down to a specific year (i.e. one year types, etc). Same applies to a potentially missing mintmark where a die variety or other characteristic can be used to identify whether or not a mintmark, and what mintmark, might have been present. And the OP's coin looks like at has a good shot at PO-1. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can't see any reason why that coin won't make Poor-01. I looks to be problem free to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A TPG would not certify a coin that could not be fully identified. It's a slug of the type at that point. For me, the strength of the date and fully outlined head of liberty might keep it as an FR2. But at $3 you did phenomenally! Edited by Collects82
03/25/2017 09:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1326 Posts |
Thanks for explanation BH1964. It's what I thought.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11899 Posts |
Agree that date looks too intact to make poor. fr02.
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you like PO-01s, then surely this would be a dream.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1055 Posts |
I think it would make PO-1 easily borderline FR-2
If you are going for a lowball set this is a very nice pickup!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I am leaning more towards FR-2.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
Shot at P-01 for sure but that obverse is a strong F-02. Good luck!
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Maybe I should have made new post. Yes, that is best practice! You could still do it too. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Posted 03/24/2017 10:36 pm
