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Edited by MikeF
07/09/2017 9:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow nice buys! But that Bust dollar has a big scratch on the back!  Seriously though I'd be proud to own both coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
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But that Bust dollar has a big scratch on the back!
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Pillar of the Community
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 Stunning coins, that bust dollar especially!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Superb! Miss Liberty is smiling.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fantastic additions to any collector!!
Nice..
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice coins! Congrats!
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Bedrock of the Community
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The main lettering at the edge of the coins has a pronounced indent at bottom in most of the letters. I tried to attribute this coin and it looks like a BB-165, B-8, R-2. 1799 Draped Bust/Heraldic Eagle Dollars, Obverse Stars Arranged 7 left & 6 right, Normal Date/9's without Spurs, LIBERTY evenly spaced between stars. This is the attribution I came up with: http://www.earlydollars.org/wizarddata.asp?ID=121But this variety does not have the pronounced indent at bottom of lettering. Mike, did the seller give the variety of the coin, or have you researched it? 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
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Mike, great purchases!
I believe the indents at the bottom of the letters are due to inadequate striking pressure causing poor filling of the letters, rather than being intrinsic to the die. So that attribution is probably correct.
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United States
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Those are absolutely beautiful!!
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Pillar of the Community
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WOW Mike  What nice additions! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Whoa those are beautiful, especially the toning on that Seated dollar! Amazing pick ups, thanks for sharing! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Both sweeties. Hope the prices were reasonable. Summer is the time to buy. I've had luck snagging goodies from Heritage and Stacks that I would never have gotten in January. Congratulations.
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Glad to see you getting into the 1850's.
Nice coins!
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Mike, did the seller give the variety of the coin, or have you researched it? No it wasn't provided. They really don't affect the value at auctions from what I've seen. |
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Posted 07/09/2017 10:09 pm
