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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I sold my prized 1797 large cent (not under the pretense of selling it to fund school) to get this coin. What do you think?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
Do you mean 1820 Large Cent? Instead of 1797?
This 1820 large cent is a beauty..
I will say MS65 BN
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
What did the prized coin look like?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
What a beautiful coin. Let's break down the analysis:
Merits:
1. Beautiful strike on both sides everywhere except on the stars some of which are not fully struck. About 93% full strike from what appear to be early state diea.
2. Beautiful even, uninterrupted luster on both sides of the coin.
3. Beautiful toning with splashes of blue hues. Stunning.
Demerits:
1. Hit to left obverse field to left of eye.
2. Hit in left obverse field to left of neck.
3. Hit to hair above eye.
4. Hit to 'L' in Liberty.
5. Hit to face of liberty running from nose to jawline.
6. Rim hit across jawline.
7. 2 hits to field between 'OF' and 'AMERICA'.
8. Few light marks between 'ONE' and 'CENT'.
Wonderful coin overall. MS64BN. Very choice, just short of gem.
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.comEdited by numismatic student
12/04/2017 6:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I was thinking 63 or 64.
I will go with MS64, because of the clean fields.
Exceptional piece for many reasons.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6370 Posts |
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4. Hit to 'L' in Liberty. That is actually die recutting. The L is tripled. Quote:
What did the prized coin look like? I think I made the right move.    |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
An absolute stunner. Easy solid 64 Brown with superb coloration. That coin is just an exceptional piece in ANY collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
Yes...right move!! Congrats on a beautiful coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
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An absolute stunner.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
594 Posts |
SOLID 64 ..... 2 small hits short of a 65. Beautiful coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
N-13 and almost certainly Randall Hoard. Really beautiful. Only the cheek and the hit in front of the nose are distractions, and minor at that. Luster and strike are good. My TPG grade MS 64 BN, EAC grade 60 net 55 and choice. 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
1095 Posts |
I'll say MS65 way too beautiful. Amazing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
MS-64 BN
I love the die cracks!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18687 Posts |
one the best eye appeal LC's I have seen in a while. she's a stunner for sure. at least MS64BN and personally I think it makes 65. those tiny little marks in my mind keep it from 66 not from 65
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Posted 12/04/2017 6:41 pm
