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Shot In The Dark... 1864 F/E

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 Posted 05/18/2019  10:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Obone2003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi Everyone,
Thought I'd share a recent purchase of mine, should be arriving sometime early next week. Purchased in a foreign slab in a foreign option, what attracted me was the designation of "F/E". Grade roughly corresponds to a choice AU using the Sheldon scale. Never seen a variety graded so high, if it is even the correct variety. Looking forward to seeing this in hand.
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 Posted 05/18/2019  10:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Obone2003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Bigger Pic here...
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 Posted 05/18/2019  11:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add papeldog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not sure if that is one its hard to tell from your pictures
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 Posted 05/19/2019  01:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've been looking so hard for E/F I didn't know there was F/E, but sure enough that coin looks like it says NFW BRUNSWICK.
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 Posted 05/19/2019  03:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bosox to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Filled die?
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 Posted 05/19/2019  09:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mcshilling to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice find, congrats
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 Posted 05/19/2019  2:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gidjit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i think the variety everyone is thinking of is the E/F variety which is on the obverse legend where it should read :FD for the last 2 letters but the variety reads :ED as seen in a pic of my coin below (I've been lucky enough to have found a couple) your coin I believe is just a Grease Filled Die
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 Posted 05/19/2019  3:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Grease Filled Die.
For sure.
But who are we to question a TPG.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
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 Posted 05/19/2019  4:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Obone2003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh well, thats too bad. I'll take a closer look when it arrives.
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When I blow up the pics it looks like the E may have taken a hit.
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 Posted 05/21/2019  8:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wade to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the "grading company" is owned by a coin dealer.

"conflict of interest" doesn't begin to describe my feelings about that situation

a quick google search will enlighten you as to how they do business...
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I know of three mint state F/E varieties, the finest being MS-64RB

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i could be wrong, but isn't the OP referring to the E in nEw brunswick? appearing as an F instead? (F/E)

if so then I suspect this is a made up variety by a made up TPG

if it is referring to the recognized E/F variety then (even with the poor photos) I dont see it at all
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Yes, I think that it IS the E in "New" that the OP was talking about .. I just think that the discussion drifted a tad.
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 Posted 05/23/2019  8:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wade to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
it IS the E in "New"


so again, a made up variety by a made up TPG.

stunning token, but as it's an 1864 it isn't a tough one to find.
just hope obone2003 didn't pay a premium for the (non)variety
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 Posted 05/23/2019  8:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Obone2003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the help everyone. That's too bad, but I think I still got a decent price. I paid $200 cad for an uncirculated example, and it just arrived. Luster is amazing, and has a superb look to it.
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