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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pretty much just like the title says. This Two Cents has certainly seen better days, but the D in UNITED has the full serif, which is somewhat scarcer for this date. Fair 2? AG3? Seller pictures.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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ag3 - env damage.
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
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I'd say there is still enough meat on this one to make it to G4, if the rim is complete where the glare is on the obverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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It looks like it could make G-4.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep a really tough variety die pairing, 1865 Fancy 5 with the full serif in the D of "United" I'd call this one a G4 that get's knocked down to AG3 due to the dig on the shield, rim dings (and weak rim detail) plus the porous surface (corrosion most likely), still a coin I'd buy every time I came across one.
"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/140440 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12057 Posts |
Makes a solid G4 in hand, these photos might be a bit dark.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Posted 05/10/2017 10:03 pm
