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Bedrock of the Community
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Seated halves minted after 1878 are scarce. Morgan dollar production skyrocketed and half dollar production plummeted. This year produced 10k coins. Thoughts on grade and problems for this one?   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
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Bedrock of the Community
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Tiny mintages in the 1880s for these halves, but apparently most were saved, and the demand today for mid-level examples is fairly thin. This seems to be a mishandled Unc and not that appealing, perhaps 63.
Higher than expected survival rate, lower than expected collector demand.
Edited by Coinfrog
04/07/2017 6:41 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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absolutely correct
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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Pillar of the Community
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MS Dets, Cleaned. I see a lot of hairlines....
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Pillar of the Community
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 MS- details cleaned, |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am at MS-63 from those pictures.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It looks like a proof in the images. Assuming it is then PF63 sounds fair. If it's a PL business strike then MS63.
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Bedrock of the Community
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my first thought was proof. PF63
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Bedrock of the Community
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NGC gave this one UNC details - improperly cleaned. Looks like it was struck from early state dies. I would guess the within first 10 business strike impression from newly polished dies.
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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MS-64 but clearly rubbed with a cloth. I'd personally market grade it around 62 but seems NGC was a bit harsh this time around. Maybe crack it out and give PCGS a shot.
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Posted 04/07/2017 6:34 pm
