| Author |
 Replies: 18 / Views: 2,613 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1448 Posts |
Looks nice, especially the color A weak strike on the shield? Thoughts on the grade?   |
|
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
64 looks about right...nice color.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
I think it has a typical late die state strike. Note that both the horizontal and vertical lines in the shield are not complete. The outline of the shield is also weak at the bottom. The reverse also shows a typical strike with the top 3 stars flat with no separation among the points. the 1866 Shield nickel was the first time the design was tried on a coin this size. Smaller 3 cent nickel coins were minted in 1865 with similar striking issues. If I were picking one up, I would choose one with a good or great strike rather than settling for typical. 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 |
|
Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
What? No die cracks?
MS64 for me as well...
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
I'll be the stick in the mud and say au58 just to be different.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
MS-65. Not bad. May look better in hand. Shield lines could be better. Unless it's a great deal, I'd wait for a fully struck specimen.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
|
|
Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
63, and I'd pass just because of the weak strike.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
1448 Posts |
Thanks for all of the opinions. The strike on the obverse does sway me away from this one. Love the color though. Will post the grade for those who are curious in 24 hrs
|
|
Pillar of the Community
7234 Posts |
Everything can't be a weak strike - I'll go AU58 also.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
A really nice 'with rays'.
I am going to go with AU55,
but I think there is some degree of weak strike as well.
There are small flat areas where there should be high points in the design (tips of leaves, parts of the scrolling around the shield, and less than excellent definition on some of the rays).
I can't quite make up my mind on the raised bump area in the horizontal lines of the shield - someone else may be able to educate me.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
No offense, but it seems to lack eye appeal, which is why I offered a lower grade.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Quote:
Everything can't be a weak strike - I'll go AU58 also.  The luster says AU+ also. |
|
Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
|
| |
Replies: 18 / Views: 2,613 |
Posted 11/09/2017 10:08 am
