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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just picked this up today at a local coin show. What do you think ?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I think it's a fine looking coin.  A few dark spots never hurt anything.  I'd say VF-20 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
I think I would like to see better pics of the mint mark , something there does not look quite right .
the shape /angle at the bottom is non characteristic of the 14-D
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1130 Posts |
Here's a slightly better pic of the date and mintmark. This coin came from a certified NGC/PCGS dealer who took a class in Counterfeit Detection so I know they would look at this key date coin closely.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6381 Posts |
Looks genuine to me; the date and mintmark are a good match for a reference photo in the PCGS grading & counterfeit book. Color looks good, marks are few, and the dark spots are I think acceptable in a mid-grade circulated copper coin. I agree with Shaft on a grade of VF-20.
Nice pickup!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
That was exactly how I graded the coin. I traded in my problem 1914-D (ANACS F12 details, scratched) plus a little cash to get this one. I'll will be submitting this to either PCGS or NGC.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does anyone else think it might come back "cleaned". The only reason I think that is the discoloration around the letters and wheats. Other than that, I agree VF20, nice looking 14-D!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Soild VF20, if I could see the wheatlines and portrait better, it might go a VF25 even. It's an attactive coin IMO, I'd take it.
Chris - I don't think it's been cleaned.
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 United States
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It's an attactive coin IMO, I'd take it So would I! I eagerly await to see how it is graded by PCGS or NGC. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
My goal is to go back and upgrade most of my small cent key dates, to higher grade and or no problem coins, with the exception of the 1856FE, cuz I don't feel like spending another 5-8k on it.
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Posted 08/03/2008 12:38 pm
