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Edited by Steelers72
09/19/2017 11:15 am
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Rest in Peace
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Very light circulation rub, a 55, or perhaps even a 58 from ANACS.
I'm really picky about not buying coins that have anything that grabs my attention. In this instance, those black streaks are really distracting.
At first I thought rubber bands, but looking closer all the lines are parallel but they don't necessarily affect the high points.
So I can't think of a reason why they are there.
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I don't care for the "streaks", but...I would give it a AU53. Is that a scratch across the Phrygian cap?
Edited by oih82w8
09/19/2017 11:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks all! What would be a value youd assign to this coin? Given its condition and any detracting features?
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU-53 here as well. I wouldn't hazard a value given the obverse issues.
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Sorry, Steelers, but as you likely know, the longer someone learns and collects, the less likely they are to buy problem coins. Although this is AU by anyone's standards I wouldn't hazard a guess.
Likely best sold as a no reserve .99 cent start and hopes of having enough newer buyers think they can steal it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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au details stained
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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Image courtesy of Heritage, one of a few I found with similar stain patterns. Must have been an ongoing planchet problem with this issue. PCGS MS62:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't recall ever seeing streaks like that so I'm not sure what cause them.
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Sorry forgot to post the grade. And thank you super dave for your research! Very similar issue to this coin. I think this was undergraded despite the streaks  |
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Posted 09/19/2017 11:27 am
