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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are you guys/gals tired of these? I hope not, since I have more to share...like this one. What do you think in comparison to PCGS? Thank you for your interest and comments!    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Assuming scratches are on the holder, I'll say 64 - very nice example.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Slobbering yummy. Beautiful in all respects. I'm guessing those many tiny scratches are on the slab rather than on the coin.
As such, I have agree with Frog - AGAIN - 64.
Edited by moxking
08/14/2017 4:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fishscale with beautiful toning and eye appeal. Most of the coin looks AU but the reverse leaf sprig and bunch of arrows inside the crescent seem rubbed down to F. Coin also has numerous hits and scratches. I don't know why there is this discrepancy in wear, but this is a coin that looks good at first glance but disappoints upon closer inspection. I would grade it VF due to reverse but would pay XF money due to eye appeal. A nice looking coin amid a sea of ugly fishscales.
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.comEdited by numismatic student
08/15/2017 09:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice AU-58. Very little wear on this coin, just weakness in the strike especially in areas on the reverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'm calling it AU details (damaged) and thinking of that as a net grade.
I'm with Numismatic Student, there is something odd on the reverse. Beyond the leaves and arrows, the orb at K8:30 is flat, but the diamond at K9 and the next orb at K8 are untouched. The stars from K7 to K12 are flattened, but the other stars have their full details. The C has some of the finning characteristic of MS.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Odd indeed. The crescent is the high point of the reverse and is well struck. That is where you would expect a weakly struck coin to show lack of detail. The wear pattern is highly localized and unusual.
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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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am not confident enough to grade this one.
I AM intrigued by the wide range of grade suggested.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7840 Posts |
 Another fine (AU) coin by DKRC! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36844 Posts |
There is nothing odd about this coin. Most of these had terrible strikes. I'd love to have this one in my stash.
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Posted 08/14/2017 4:02 pm
