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What do you grade this one?   Edited by IndianGoldEagle
08/15/2018 3:29 pm
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I hate going first. From where I sit and what I can see VF to EF range. Nice looking coin!  ! |
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EF-40 by (literally) a hair.
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slanted 5's variety Slanted 5's? What the heck is that? I never paid much attention to large cents. I just learned something. !!  |
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 That is a dramatic difference! I can actually see that without my glasses. |
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Sorry IndianGoldEagle, didn't mean to hijack your thread.
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I believe all the 1855 half-cents were slanted, right? On the cents, there were two varieties.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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I believe all the 1855 half-cents were slanted, right? Correct - I always get Half Cents and large cents mixed up.  |
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Quote:I always get Half Cents and large cents mixed up Me, too. That's why I posed it in the form of a question rather than a statement of fact. I did the same thing on a thread a couple of weeks back. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Quote:I always get Half Cents and large cents mixed up. Jeeezzzzz, add me to that group!  One day, I was seconds away from pulling the trigger on an 1834 Large Cent on ebay........it was actually a Half Cent!! (Because I wasn't looking. I was so focused on the condition!!) Jeeezzz!Edited by USSID18
08/15/2018 6:39 pm
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Yeah, don't feel bad, for some reason my brain fails to see the "HALF" - probably too many head injuries when I was younger. But anyhow that is a superb Half Cent. And I still like it at 45, reverse may be holding it to 40 but I'll give it the benefit of a weak strike for the leaves details and stick with 45. Edited by Mark1959
08/15/2018 6:46 pm
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Yeah, don't feel bad, for some reason my brain fails to see the "HALF" - probably too many head injuries when I was younger. Oh it's alright. I've got a "co-worker" who's got 2 brain cells. One went missing, and the other one went to find him. Coin looks XF-45 to me. Nice piece! |
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Sorry IndianGoldEagle, didn't mean to hijack your thread. No problem, this is a learning site and you learned something. As the others said, all 1855 Half Cents have the slanted 5's. 1855 and 1856 Large Cents have both varieties of numbers. |
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EF-40. Yes, all the 1855 Half Cents have the "Longacre" slanted 5s. |
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Posted 08/15/2018 4:47 pm
