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Valued Member
United States
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I personally think chopmarks are cool, since they add historical interest, but disregarding that... I'm guessing maybe VF30?  Edited by RubyOpal
01/31/2018 7:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You might want to edit the title to say 1838 half dollar.
I'm not sure if that's a chopmark...another member who is more knowledgeable than me about chopmarks will probably be able to identify it.
Looks like it has been cleaned in the past.
F details, cleaned/graffiti.
Edited by SilverDollar2017
01/31/2018 7:12 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
109 Posts |
I really didn't think this one had been cleaned, until I took the picture and saw all those fine lines going in the same direction on both sides.
...sigh... live and learn...
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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vf-30 details cleaned but that doesn't look like any chop mark I've ever seen.
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Valued Member
United States
109 Posts |
I guess "chopmark" is the wrong word here. It looks like somebody took a leather punch and stuck it into the coin to see if it was really silver. I read somewhere that some old silver coins really do have dental impressions in them for the same reason. Either way, I unreasonably love this coin, even if somebody did clean it at some point.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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vf details 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm glad you like it Ruby! That's all that matters  This is a two year type coin that is needed in most type coin collections. I'm not quite at VF-30. I'd probably grade it conservatively at VF-25 if it were in my collection. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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A details coin does not warrant a comparative numerical technical grade. VF, details, graffiti.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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With the graffiti and cleaning, unfortunately, the value goes down. I would rather have my problem-free example that is in AG/G condition than this cleaned/graffiti F/VF example.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VF details (cleaned, graffiti). Not a chop mark.
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Posted 01/31/2018 7:17 pm
