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She's a beauty...1853, N-13 (LDS). Solid strike, good luster, no major distractions. Saw it, fell in love with it, own it. It's in a TPG holder. How would you grade this 1853 Braided Hair Large Cent?   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
11/27/2017 10:58 am
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Hmmmmm... I'm on the AU/MS cusp with it. Nice coin! For TPG grade, I'll say MS-62.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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11/26/2017 10:53 pm
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AU58 - personally, I think PCGS may have gone 62. I was adding a 52 to my album and noticed I somehow had 2 of them!
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11/26/2017 11:13 pm
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I hate you. I see slight rub but it could be the strike. au-58
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I hate you. Hmm - same thing my girlfriend said to me when I threw her out of my house when I caught her stealing my coins and selling them! |
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ms64bn
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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This is a case where the open fields are as important as the high points to separate between a 58 and a 62/63. In this instance the fields do appear to have a hint of center color change. So I'd be at 58, but regardless, I do like this example.
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I'm guessing ANACS graded this MS60.
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I'm afraid I agree with AU-58, through my impulse was 63BN or better. Exquisite coin.
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I'm afraid I agree with AU-58, through my impulse was 63BN or better. Exquisite coin.  |
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my guess is ms63 brown as well
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Looks like I picked a good one. I didn't list the TPG to avoid grade bias, but some of you figured it out! I ran this coin past a few EAC buddies, and they agree with the ANACS slab grade, a rare thing for EAC. I think 58 is not unreasonable.  Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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