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Valued Member
United States
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Really unfortunate strike/die state, but wanted to see what you guys thought the grade might be.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It looks to me like it was mechanically polished down at the high points rather than a weak strike. The high points of the reverse include the top of the right wing on the eagle and that is fully struck. For that reason, I think that this is not a weak strike. On the obverse, the outstretched hand is really well struck. It shouldn't be that strong on a weakly struck obverse. Seems more likely that there was some unattractive toning on some of the high points and someone tried to polish those away and got carried away.  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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Valued Member
 United States
109 Posts |
Hmmm, that'd be a bummer. Anything's possible I guess. I assumed it was a typical strike problem. Hand/Branch/Reverse feathers etc.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
AU details. The luster is strongly indicative of dipped coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At the first site, a dull patina popped out. I second dipped coin with AU details. Would probably been nicer without doing anything.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
109 Posts |
Coming to a sad realization that after all this time I can't pick up cleaned coins if it shows luster in hand. These are old sellers pics of the coin. Do they help confirm it was dipped/cleaned?   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I agree that it was likely dipped due to subdued luster, but I'm not sure I buy that the obverse center was polished.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Even by 1944-S standards that's a weak strike.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Doesn't appear dipped to me. Really hard to judge wear on a flat strike from pics. Could even be Unc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can't tell from the seller's low resolution pictures in 2x2. I would have bought it if the price was right. What was the seller description?
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Valued Member
United States
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Honestly couldn't tell you. The images were saved in 2012, so that's how long ago it's been...
Edited by BlackNWhite
05/23/2017 7:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, don't sulk over it too much. We all have been there and done that, especially me.
Edited by Coconutjoe
05/23/2017 7:41 pm
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