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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know I've been running you guys ragged but this will be the last sld for awhile. I don't make a purchase without hearing opinions from you all. Same drill as always... grade, eye appeal and surface originality - whatever comments are always greatly appreciated.    |
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Rest in Peace
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Now that one looks really tiptop Mike. Like the evenness of color, seems original state. Great strike on obverse, minor ding below right stars is noticeable, nice clear crisp detasil. Reverse is OK strike, seems weaker at 12 to 2 o'clock on letters, but very good detail, fields clear. I have no idea of grade, wouldn't be surprised to find out its MS 62 or better. Good luck if you get it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7635 Posts |
High end AU and cleaned a long time ago. (What's with the "fog" around some of the stars on the obverse and around the eagle on the reverse?)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3479 Posts |
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What's with the "fog" around some of the stars on the obverse and around the eagle on the reverse?)
I don't know. These are the sellers photos. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2403 Posts |
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(What's with the "fog" around some of the stars on the obverse and around the eagle on the reverse?) If I saw this "fog" on a Morgan dollar I would steer clear as this is a sign of over-dipping. Unfortunately cleaning coins wasn't always frowned upon. Back in the day collectors used to "Dip" their coins to clean them. Not too sure what they used but some collectors got "Dip Happy" and their coins tend to have this appearance. IMO that is what happened to this coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Quote:If I saw this "fog" on a Morgan dollar I would steer clear as this is a sign of over-dipping. I agree it looks like an over-dipped AU50. I would net it to XF value-wise if I were contemplating a purchase. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Considering the catalog value for that coin I wouldn't go for it unless it were in a PCGS or NGC holder.
The best pictures still aren't as good as an "in hand" evaluation by a pro.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
Very little luster for relative high grade coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11901 Posts |
AU58. I think this was struck with early state dies that imparted prooflike surfaces that appear to have developed an unattractive cloudy toning. Surfaces show many bagmarks. Looks like it may have been lightly dipped. I like it.
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
United States
1691 Posts |
Slider details for an attractive low mintage early dollar.....congrats!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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