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Pillar of the Community
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How would you grade it?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll lead off with 64, if for no other reason than this coin does not "pop" in these pics, but a 65 would not surprise.
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10/04/2017 6:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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First thought was 63 but I'll go 64 too.
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Pillar of the Community
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 tough to say exactly could be a lot of luster still left on that coin you just can't see in a static photo. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Luster does not affect Technical grade, although it is useful in determining circulation rub.
Looks fully 65. Not my favorite even at that high end.
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Bedrock of the Community
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64+
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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Well I like it even if it doesn't knock your sox off . MS-65. Is that a strike through on reverse at 4:00 ?  |
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United States
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T-BOP- It looks more like a die crack to me. It looks more raised than sunken in the coin. For the grade I agree with MS65.
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Bedrock of the Community
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PCGS gave this a MS63. MY first thought when I bought it was MS64, but I don't think there is enough price difference to re-submit it (unless I had a couple other to re-submit as well).
That is a die crack at 4:00, and I am a sucker for die cracks on these old nickels
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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As mox says, luster does not affect technical (surface) grade, but it plays a huge role in a critical TPG evaluation category - eye appeal. This coin, while quite pristine, seems to lack sparkle - that something "special".  |
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PCGS gave this a MS63 Note to self - Stick with your first thought!  |
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