| Author |
 Replies: 9 / Views: 1,061 |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
Here's another one, what does everyone think? Thanks in advance as always.    |
|
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
11899 Posts |
More common Large Letters variety. It is a first year issue minted during the US Civil War. This is an AU50 in technical terms. The 'WE' in the obv motto is the high point of the coin, and it is very sharp. The problem is that the black stuff all over the obv of the coin. It is impossible to know what the coin looks like under the black. It is very likely that the color of the coin differs under the black, and that is the main reason to avoid coins where you cannot see the condition of the surface. If you have already bought it, I would recommend that you do not remove the black and try to address the small specks of green carefully with someone who knows about conservation. I think the coin has attractive, honest surfaces and would try to stabilize and preserve them as they are now. Enjoy!  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
04/29/2017 1:18 pm
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
EF details, surface damage.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
VF-EF sharpness, corroded.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree, VF-35 (maybe even EF-40) but details (ED).
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
EF details, environmental damage.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Large motto, high VF details
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
looking at this coins overall wear I dont see at XF or even VF regardless of the "WE". the overall wear I'm seeing is not from a weak strike but from quite a bit of circulation.
F details
|
| |
Replies: 9 / Views: 1,061 |
|
Posted 04/29/2017 2:22 pm
