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Ahhh...the one that started it all! Put this coin next to a brand new Ferrari, 10x out of 10 I'm taking the coin!.......   |
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 United States
288 Posts |
No JP it is not. At the very least, I hope to see it in person one day.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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AU55 also, this is such as cool coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-58 awesome piece of history!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's the coin rick snow has for sale. Beautiful surfaces and pretty toning.
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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United States
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MS63 no doubt! An early pattern/specimen Half Disme of this quality and color will get the benefit of the doubt and go uncirculated IMO. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
04/03/2017 9:41 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rick's coin looks similar but this one is finer. Sorry for the misdirect.
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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United States
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Quote:MS63 no doubt! An early pattern/specimen Half Disme of this quality and color will get the benefit of the doubt and go uncirculated IMO. It sure looks like the piece NGC graded MS63. |
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It sure looks like the piece NGC graded MS63. Sad but true. According the new book by Pete Smith, Joel Oroszand and Leonard Augsburger, 1792 Birth of a Nation's Coinage, this coin was graded AU-50 in 1987. It realized $14,250 in an auction at that time. After that it went into the NGC MS-63 holder and fetched $402,500 in 2007. This why grade-flation is alive and unwell. It creates illusions like this. The coin is a Choice AU and nowhere near MS-63. It's not even an MS-60. But the games continue.  Edited by billjones
04/04/2017 08:55 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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i dont get it. the type of scratches on both sides of this coin plus the wear on the forehead and cheek cannot warrant an MS grade. its a magnificent coin but not MS imo
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Bedrock of the Community
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Four hundred grand. Good grief.  |
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This was the first US mint issue created from coin tendered personally by Thomas Jefferson. From a historical perspective, the price is imho warranted because of its provenance. I would prefer this over other $400k coins priced at this level due to rarity or condition. It is also not a bad looking coin.  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
04/04/2017 5:03 pm
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