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Edited by Canacoins
10/07/2018 10:44 pm
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Wearwise, it's around a 60 but, either due to the photographic lighting or past cleaning/dipping, has very muted dull luster. Pay no attention to the placement of the "H" mintmark. Each die had the mintmark hand-punched in so there are as many placements as there were working dies .. probably more than 20 dies used.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree...........cleaned.
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Wearwise it's MS67, why stop at 60, all MS coins have absolutely no wear by definition.
Marks,so-so strike,hohum luster bring it down to MS62.
From those pics it appears cleaned, which would warrant a grade of MS Details.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Bedrock of the Community
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New pics , natural light.   |
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Certainly doesn't look cleaned in these pics. I'll say AU-58 straight.
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Me thinks maybe cleaned in soap and water, no abrasion that I can see, but I can see discoloration.
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The H can be all over the place ... high, low, left, right, canted, etc. There are no placements any less prevalent than any of the others. Each working die had a handpunched mintmark and each die lasted 30,000 to 60,000 strikes unless it broke early. Some dies may have lasted 100K, others 10K.
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My guess with the new pictures would be a MS-63 BN nice coin
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Thank you all !
As for the "H" I didn't even know about that.
Post and learn.
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Posted 10/08/2018 08:10 am
