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Pillar of the Community
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Both are VF-30 imo. Nice coins!
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Numismatic student  I think where my mind is confused after looking closely is the amount of "meat" left as far as depth of relief goes, my coins have more than the plate coin. As far as the ribs in the leaves go, mine are clearly worn off. So, while the plate coin shows more fine detail, the relief is more "meaty" on my coins. So, I'm not sure how to figure that into the equation. Strike depth and relief seems to vary from year to year on these quite a bit. |
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Rims are often a good starting point when evaluating a coin. The OP's coins have full, bold, strong rims on both the obverse and reverse. The PCGS F15 example shows far more wear. I don't see much wear in the rims of the F15 plate coin. It looks to me like left side of the coin rim was weakly struck. In my opinion, rims don't just wear on one side of the coin. 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
12/05/2017 10:59 pm
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@jpbone, I think you would have been better served posting each coin in a separate thread. These two have similar grades which makes it tough to focus on just one. Also we've had some grading snafus in the seated series here recently and I think it caused many of us to second guess ourselves.
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12/06/2017 01:51 am
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They have a cleaned look to me, so not going to grade them imo, but I like the fact that they are problem free for the most part in regards to damage. They usually seem to always have something going on with them.
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They have a cleaned look to me, so not going to grade them imo, but I like the fact that they are problem free for the most part in regards to damage. Not sure where the evidence is for that. Quote:
I think you would have been better served posting each coin in a separate thread. No doubt. I am lazy. |
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Quite the shotgun blast of grades, damage, cleaned.
I guess the most important question might be about the look of the coins and their eye appeal.
I like both of them.
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