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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's a piece I spotted recently at specialist club show. How do you think it grades?   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2843 Posts |
Looks like unc details - cleaned.
Unless that is a rub on the eagles head under the eye. AU details if it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
The fine lines are admittedly unattractive and it is difficult to tell if what I'm seeing is friction. I'm gonna say AU-58. Possibly details.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree Unc details cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
With these pictures, it looks like it was wiped. If not in a details holder, I's say au-58. If in a details holder I'd say UNC details cleaned.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18675 Posts |
i hate you Bill Jones...you drive me crazy.
according to these pics the hairlines are crossing over the devices which leads me to believe they are die polish lines. I'm going with AU58 straight grade
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11896 Posts |
unc details - cleaned
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
1959 Posts |
Shoulda known bill was pulling a fast one on us. Counterfeit. Had me fooled.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I would have guessed MS62 these days. Far worse cleanings make it into problem-free holders. Not that they should but they do.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1499 Posts |
Yep, this is a totally down and dirty counterfeit. Sorry, I did not want to make a fool of anyone. I wanted to show you how good the counterfeiters have gotten. The obverse of this piece was copied from an 1872 Philadelphia Mint coin. The reverse, as I have heard, is from an 1871-S Half Dollar. I would have fooled by this because I would not have known about the reverse.
ANACS called this piece genuine and improperly cleaned. It's another example of the crooks intentionally cleaning up a coin to get it into a "genuine" holder.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is actually an 1875 reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
Thanks for the clarification, Heymikep. I have never collected Liberty Seated material beyond the type coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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