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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Hi all, I recently bought this coin for around $60. I was wondering what you think of the coin and the price I paid, as this is my first draped bust cent The coin has a gripped edge so I think it's the 1797 reverse of 1795 gripped edge variety. Please correct me if I'm wrong  Thanks!   Edited by canary01
12/14/2017 12:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would have avoided this coin but if you're happy with your purchase, that's all that matters.
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Rest in Peace
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Because of its age it may grade higher than AG, possibly a G4, just enough detail left. But it would garner a good attaboy, would get slammed as a "Details, Harshly Cleaned", meaning damaged goods. While I wouldn't kick it outta my collection, it won't resell to a savvy collector for what you paid.
Hopefully it's real, appears it may be, but one never knows anymore on raw early Colonials.
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12/14/2017 1:23 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good details, harshly cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
7234 Posts |
Good candidate for some Nic-A-Tone. In it's cleaned state it sticks out like a sore thumb
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Vg details harshly cleaned
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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Rest in Peace
United States
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As you advance in your collecting pursuits there may come a time when a damaged (cleaned) coin will no longer fit in your collection. Everyone has a tendency to try to buy cheap, but coins that are cheap are cheap for a reason. Once you narrow your want list down to specifics it will be easier to determine what grade you will accept and what price you will pay. The single best thing a newer collector can do is join us  . The second best thing is read a lot. The third best thing is make a want list that evolves as you do. |
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Canada
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New Member
United States
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Good info to the OP folks! To me, that is the true value of these boards! Happy collecting to all....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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G/VG details. I think you did fine for $60. The variety is S-120 b
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