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Picked up this 3c last week. There's a bit of rim damage, but the details are pretty good, and there's even a nice clash too!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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unc details rim damage, scratches. shame as it is very pretty.
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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The rim damage will always keep it in details land, which I'm sure you knew when you bought it. Hopefully at a reduced price.
For grade, it's a decent AU, with the typical striking problems. If you search for another of these try to find one WITHOUT die problems such as cracks and clashes as that will usually indicate an earlier die and nicer looking elements. Especially for the type I's, it's harder to find no problem die strikes.
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The rim damage will always keep it in details land, which I'm sure you knew when you bought it. Hopefully at a reduced price. I did indeed!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The damage appears to be a flaw in the planchet. AU-53
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I agree with IGE on the rim issue being a potential planchet defect. It's hard to tell and to be honest it doesn't bother me. Enjoy your coin!
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IGE - Explain your reasoning if you would!
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I won't speak for IGE but I'll explain my reasoning...if you look on the obverse you'll see a nice little chunk taken out of the edge. It's not a bump or dent but some missing metal. However, if you look at the corresponding area on the reverse there is still metal there, albeit, not fully struck at the rim. So it looks to me that the planchet was defective when it went through the press and did not get fully struck on that area on the reverse. I guess something like a vise or pliers could have squeezed that rim but I would think the damage and missing metal would be similar on both sides of the coin not predominantly on one side like it is on the obverse. I don't know. I need to see it and inspect it by hand but that's what I was thinking.  Edited by chesterb
10/02/2017 7:25 pm
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