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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Hi all, there is a local auction nearby that has this quarter below. I am looking at sold listings on ebay and it seems that this coin would be worth quite a bit. Does anything look off about it? For whatever reason the 9 looked a little different than a few others on ebay so wanted to get some opinions. There are no pics of the reverse though so that is a thing too. Thanks!  *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 1819 Quarter has a small 9 and a large 9 variety and this one looks like the small 9. Need better pictures to help in identifying it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
Looks legitimate to me. Yours is the Small 9 variety.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
Better pics of both sides will help us. Despite what the holder says, this is the small 9 variety as others stated. If it's legit it appears to be a nice coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11896 Posts |
obverse looks ok and agree it is the small nine. seems sketchy to purchase seeing only the obverse without any return privileges. the reverse could be damaged.
one of my favorite features of the 1819 quarter is that many varieties of this date show a strongly doubled 5 in the 25 C denomination in the reverse.
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
It looks genuine. My concern would be reverse damage.
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Pillar of the Community
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1911 Posts |
Yeah I am not too sure about the pictures since there are a bunch of coins in this auction that only have one-sided pics, but there are a few that have both sides. I could probably email them for the other side pics. Thanks for the input!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
Looks good at the first glace.
If the price is accurate, then reverse must be damaged, otherwise it's a steal.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
No hint of a problem with the obverse only.
As mentioned, I'd never buy ANY coin, regardless of the price, if I couldn't see both sides to my satisfaction.
Cheap as cheap gets.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Will get pics of the reverse tomorrow from the auctioneer. Will get to see what it looks like. Thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
Looks around VF-20 and appears to have really nice eye appeal. I don't understand sellers that don't post both sides but it might be a good gamble.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
Yes VF-20. Looks nice. How about the reverse?
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Moderator
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Seems okay to me. Would also like to see the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Not the best picture, but all I am getting from the auctioneer it seems. Don't see anything glaringly obvious in terms of damage.  |
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Moderator
United States
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Seems to match the obverse in terms of tone and wear.
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Posted 02/19/2018 10:16 am
