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1884 AU55 1884-S XF-45+ Great looking 1884-S. Not easy to find uncleaned in higher grades.
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I agree with bandsdean and I really like both coins. Really great examples for the grade.  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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Thank you everyone. I have a hard time grading coins that are xf-au. It's hard not to try to upgrade and justify it to urself. That's why I value your opinion so I can keep myself honest and keep learning
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I have a hard time grading coins that are xf-au. That is, in the real world, proof that you're seeing things clearly.  To my mind, the 6-8-10-12 and 35-40-45 grading bands are the most difficult to differentiate, across all issues. Too much variance exists between dies and wear patterns, and frankly as a result I think there are too many grade numbers in play for it to ever be easy. I have the 1884-P at a conservative AU53, and the 1884-S at XF45. With a Morgan, at XF40 I expect neck feather and wingtip wear to be more prominent. |
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