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I have a very wor and heavily pitted Wheat cent I just found. What I see is 1911s. No point in posting pics cause all you will see is a heavily pitted peice of copper. Can't capture anything at all on pics. It does seem like more hope than that Barber dime of mine. |
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I know it is s mint mark and with plenty of frowning I see 191xs. I see the last digit as a 1 but am not 100 percent sure.
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Aww, lets see that wonderful coin footage..
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You asked for it:   You can see what I an talking about if it was in hand. On a pic it masks in with the pitting. Yes it is a wheat. I wish there was a grade like Xtra poor- 1/4 details . That would be the grade it is. Edited by Oldfordman
07/17/2021 2:50 pm
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It looks like long lost pirate treasure. Long lost from the numismatic world that is.
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@ofm, plenty of good discussion about this on prior CCF threads. You can use the search box with NIC-A-DATE and COPPER as keywords. As I recall, our own @biokemist6 wrote up a really nice discussion, but I'm not seeing that right away. Here are links to a couple others to get you started: http://goccf.com/t/272838http://goccf.com/t/29107"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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I actually looked at it using a 12x loup and see semi clearly 1911s. The only other thing it could look like is a 1919s which I proved to myself that it is not a 19s cause there is not a vdb on the shoulder. The area where the vdb is is one of the most intact areas on the coin. So I am 95% sure that it is the 1911s. I will use it as a hole filler until something better comes along in my warmans that I put only coins I found in circulation into. I may have to cheat on the better dates though.
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Doesn't nic-a-date attack copper? I wouldn't think it would help in this case, but maybe the "grain" around the date from striking would come into play.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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07/17/2021 4:54 pm
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@OFM, I'll see if I have an extra 11-S when I get home in a few hours. Assuming it isn't you know, particularly high grade, I'll just gift it to you. If you're resorting to using that as a hole filler I'd rather just give you something decent to fill it. I think I should have a problem free AG or G somewhere.
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07/17/2021 5:01 pm
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Wow, thanks, I don't know how I could thank you!
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If I had money that I didn't care for, I'd send it in to PCGS just to see what it comes back as. Might be a details grade. Somebody somewhere out there has the lowest graded PCGS coin in existence.
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If I send it in it will be the lowest.
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Badly acid damaged, not worth any effort IMO.
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If I send it in it will be the lowest. It will come back corroded, details or damaged so it wouldn't be a "lowball" candidate. |
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WOW! that poor Lincoln. what is the weight of it?
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Posted 07/17/2021 2:28 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
