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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Steelers72
09/11/2017 2:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Personally I like the '53 Arrows for its pop.
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Personally I like the '53 Arrows for its pop. Thanks Coinfrog! Sorry for the confusion. But which 53? I posted too many coins on this post my apologies. The first or the second to last? |
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Either of the 53's would be my picks. The first for a seriously never messed with skin, the second for the near cameo appearance of the details elements. If The Frog comes back on and answers your question, I like the one he doesn't like best. I've been agreeing with him far to often...  |
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Oops, the second one!
Mox, you're too modest.
Edited by Coinfrog
09/11/2017 4:39 pm
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I like the 1845 with the red, white and blue toning.  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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I'm not sure any of them wow me. I'd hold off for one that did if I was in the market for a Seated half dime. Plus they're common dates. |
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I still like that 1845 best. Tone is not uniform but the coin has a fresh frosty luster hiding under it, I still think it looks MS with a nice strike.
#1 1853 looks like it was in a leather pouch for many years, dark tone AU-50.
1850 which you have shown twice is a details coin, cleaned.
1855-O original but only VF-35
#2 1853 looks AU-55 but may have been cleaned at some point.
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Pillar of the Community
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I went with the 1845 due to its uniqueness. Cool to have red white and blue toning on liberty. I will hold off on the arrows type til a nicer example comes along.
Thanks all for your help!!
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Nice pick.  I would trust Gerry's grading on these. I don't know if there is anyone better and he has the coins in hand. I noticed that he downplays some of the problems on his raw coins, so don't ignore them if you see them. 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
09/12/2017 1:53 pm
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Thanks numismatic! I do notice that some may be details coins and I try to figure out the obvious ones so that I dont bombard the forum here. The gallery is very nice though!
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Shucks. |
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Looks like your pick spent some time in an old Whitman folder! Personally, woulda went with first 53 a "real" coin...  |
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I liked that one too crazyB! the 47 will cover the 37-59 slot in the 7070, and I have the legend 60-73 slot filled already. If I can't find a toned example of the 53-57 arrows I may purchase the first one. Nice original example
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I bought the second 1853 from Gerry, coming soon! Sorry Steelers72.
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Good choice! I'm happy someone from here got it! No need to apologize, we both have some nice coins
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