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Pillar of the Community
United States
887 Posts |
I'll admit, this has very limited eye appeal, but it was priced accordingly, and I needed one for the CSS set I'm working on without breaking the bank. It's in a basement slab which has seen better days, all of the white-ish cottony blemishes are on the slab, not on the coin. I'm going to either get this graded, or get a new generic slab for it. What would you grade it as? Try not to hit it too hard for it being super ugly!    |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I am not seeing the ugliness in this coin what so ever. If anything, I would pay extra for it, because it looks so good.
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Valued Member
United States
363 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5172 Posts |
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I am not seeing the ugliness in this coin what so ever. If anything, I would pay extra for it, because it looks so good. I wouldn't, because I can't afford even a regular Lafayette dollar (not In anything resembling such good condition, anyway). And I think there's some ugliness on the cheek of the foreground guy. Could be on the slab, though - hard to say. I entirely agree otherwise, however. Edited by january1may
08/28/2017 5:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36678 Posts |
Nothing wrong with the eye appeal unless you like bright shinny coins. AU-50
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
If you like slabbed coins, then
send this one to a leading TPGrader, such as PCGS.
It could come back entombed as MS62, but
there is some scuffing on the patina, which may reveal a tiny amount of wear, when examined in hand under 10x magnification.
Irrespective of what grade it come back as,
potential value will justify shipping and slabbing fees.
Edited by sel_69l
08/29/2017 02:27 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
Agree the toning is attractive but I suspect AT. Some bumps on neck that could be die rust, but unusual by 1900.
Looks 55-58.
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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Rest in Peace
United States
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53 at best, but no hint of cleaning or dipping which is a HUGE problem for these.
There are tons of uglier ones than this. Get it out of that scuffed holder. This one is worth submission to NGC or PCGS.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's an original 120 year old au coin. Nothing wrong with the eye appeal other than the photo and the crappy damaged slab. Photographing dark toned coins is tricky. Many times what looks like black toning ends up being cobalt blue, russet red and darker purple toning. Buying dark AU coins based off of pics is somewhat of a gamble. If you prefer cleaned coins you can always dunk it in your preferred chemical of choice. A link to coin would help. I took a gamble on this sld based off of the following pics. Once I got it, I couldn't have been happier. The pictures look like someone lit it on fire. In hand, that's not the case.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
887 Posts |
MikeF - Those above are my photos. Here are the pics I bought it based on (b=note that these pics are pre-slab):   Edited by Beefer518
08/28/2017 9:11 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Beefer, I love that coin! Very Nice. On my bucket list.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Certainly not the world's ugliest, not even close. It looks AU to me, perhaps 50 or 53.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5663 Posts |
Very nice, original surfaces. I'd go AU-55.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
That is not a bad looking Lafayette...I am actually trying to talk my slush fund into a similarly toned (darker than I am accustomed to) Seated dollar...my slush fund is winning the discussion at the moment. That is a good looking Seated dollar as well, MikeF...the only thing missing is a "S" mintmark.  Edited by oih82w8
08/29/2017 11:29 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU-55, very decent example.
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