1805 Half Cent -- Grade? - Coin Community Forum

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WheatBack Pillar of the Community United States 2850 Posts	Posted 05/25/2017 6:30 pm If it weren't for those scratches... Report this Post to the Staff

numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11899 Posts	Posted 05/25/2017 6:34 pm xf dets scratched. very attractive. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
johnjkedel Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 05/25/2017 8:02 pm Not sure waht to say about the rev. rim above 'United' ... yes - scratches but I like it . XF45 pushing 50. Report this Post to the Staff
johnjkedel Pillar of the Community United States 594 Posts	Posted 05/25/2017 8:06 pm and - no brainer on the variety .... C-1 Report this Post to the Staff
edweather Pillar of the Community United States 7375 Posts	Posted 05/25/2017 9:44 pm xf details scratched/cleaned Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 05/25/2017 10:57 pm EF-40 Details. Report this Post to the Staff
billjones Pillar of the Community United States 1499 Posts	Posted 05/26/2017 2:55 pm This is not the easiest coin to grade for sharpness because the dies were out of alignment when it was stuck. The upper half of coin looks like an EF while the bottom half looks like an AU. This situation is not unusual for early 19th century U.S. coins. Having said that the coin has EF-45 sharpness, but it's a "details grade" coin because of the scratches on the obverse and probably an old cleaning. Still the 1805 Half Cent is a better date despite that fact that this the most common of the four 1805 die varieties. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/26/2017 4:40 pm Agree, EF-40 or so details. Shame. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9796 Posts	Posted 05/27/2017 1:37 pm [IA] with most of the above at EF40 details. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
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