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Valued Member
United States
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I recently got this large cent, and will be sending it in for grading. Tell me what you think.   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11886 Posts |
65 with bn obv and rb rev. Beauty.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1005 Posts |
Struck fake? Eager to hear how it grades
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Valued Member
 United States
160 Posts |
What makes you think it might be a fake?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
I'm gonna say cleaned and recolored. Has great bones though.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1005 Posts |
It's the rim and artificial-looking surfaces on the obverse that make me suspicious. Normally don't see them like that
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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unc sharpness for sure. Looks recolored to me also. Would not straight grade IMHO
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1267 Posts |
My first thought was fake, the obverse denticles and rim look odd, and the area around the ED on the reverse has that look. Not real comfortable with copper, interested to see what the copper guys think.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The area from 9:00-11:00 on the REV makes me think restoration - chemicals used to remove something that was there. Beautiful coin though!
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Valued Member
United States
160 Posts |
I saw the same lighter area on the opposite side of the reverse 3-7.
Or maybe its just a darker band down the center of the reverse.......
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is that a die crack at the top of STAT? I wish I had my attribution book on me. I can see if that is noted on any of them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say 65, some reverse die rust.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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UNC Details, cleaned. still a nice coin with a decent strike
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2757 Posts |
This is an 1853 N6. There are a few marks/lines on the coin that should be on the coin but were polished away, but it is definitely an N6. note "The field begins to rise around NITED very early, and this becomes severe as the die wears" - this explains what we see at the ED. Definitely genuine and in a high grade. Again, a few lines should be there but were polished away - it'll probably get a problem-free slab.
My book also notes that 'many specimens' have a minor observe misaligned die towards K 9:30, which this one obviously has.
Edited by robbudo
06/01/2019 4:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Hopefully he sends it in and we find out one way or the other. I'm pretty confident that it will get a detail slab.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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