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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Another late night score (?), listed as a 1925, for $15 + $3 shipping. Looks XF to me, maybe even AU50, 1925-S is notorious for terrible strikes. Some toning on the reverse, and a hit on the eagle's lower feathers. Has a die crack on the obverse running through the neck. CCF thoughts on a grade? I am not going to complain too much for $15, VF-XF-AU or otherwise. It fills a Dansco hole, too. Cropped seller pictures (difficult, since he took them at an angle.)    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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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm terrible at grading these things :P It's better than the two-cent piece, though, for sure.
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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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
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It might make 35, but I'm not a fan of the reverse. Good price for a hole filler is about it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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You can do better, even for a hole-filler.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Might try a 50/50 on it and see what happens. Of course, I could do better. I could always go out and buy one in MS63. But in this case, I bought this coin on price. Why? Because I'm in it for 15 bucks, and if it straight grades VF35, I can sell it for $30 later and double my money.
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 Edited by paralyse
09/04/2017 7:34 pm
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I don't think you're far off on technical merit anyway. It most certainly grades $15.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Considering the poor strike, possibly EF40, at first glance VF35.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Gotta agree with Ddave on this one. Grades about $15 lol. I see everything from VF25 to AU50 posted, so I think I'll use the price grade. :)
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Well, wear patterns are wear patterns and by low XF I expect the leaves to be worn flat and the lower tailfeathers to be starting to disappear. The only place this coin looks less than XF is in the areas where weak strike manifests.
The difference may lie in grading compared to a "perfect" coin, and grading compared to what the coin looked like when it left the Mint. Given the former, this one left the Mint at low AU.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll shoot decent pictures when it gets in hand and find out what exactly this thing is.
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Posted 09/04/2017 3:34 pm
