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Pillar of the Community
United States
1448 Posts |
This one looks nice. What do you grade it at?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11884 Posts |
au58. A beauty.
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
7618 Posts |
AU-50 would be my opinion. Nice coin!
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Absolutely lovely. As nice as you could find and still stay out of the Mongo money price range.
AU-58 slider. Love it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
It is a sharp strike, indeed, especially the reverse, but the luster is only faintly visible, limiting my upper grade to XF45. A TPG might venture forth with AU50. 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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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
Tough call, because paralyse's point about luster is relevant. Apparently less-so to the TPGs than to stricter collectors, though, because they seem to offer AU grades to lusterless examples with regularity. Very difficult date in higher grade, mintage of only 20,000, with technical detail well into AU territory. Unlikely a counterfeit, because 1844 specifically has some pretty unique identifiers which would be near-impossible to fake convincingly and they are visible on this coin. The surface color is a bit homogeneous for me to be completely comfortable with its' originality, but I'm prepared to believe this "look" more with Seated dollars than some other issues. In all, I'd be surprised if this coin could be had for much less than $1200. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
I saw this on ebay earlier today, it was with one bid at $600. No clue how much it ended for. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I'd guess AU53 from these images. It hammered at $903 on ebay which sounds low assuming it's problem-free as it appears. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
Did you get it? I would have pounced on it had I the money. I saw it as well and silently cursed my lack of funds.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36744 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1448 Posts |
I bid a bit too early, my max was $800. I dont like purchasing raw trade or Seated dollars due to the counterfeits. It finished in the 900s. Assuming no problems, a good buy to whoever got it! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36744 Posts |
Seems odd a coin of this caliber isn't in a slab.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3058 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Taiwan
606 Posts |
The coin brought a healthy price for a raw coin. The coin is not in a slab because it will not straight grade IMO.
Why would a dealer leave a $1,000 plus on the table by not having the coin certified?
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Posted 08/27/2017 5:25 pm
