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Germany
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Your thoughts and comments are very much appreciated. Thank you!   |
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United States
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45-55 Details environmental damage and scratches on both of them .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is that a scratch under United on the '92-S?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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92-S looks like a staple scratch, rim damage and environmental damage on the 01-S
Tim Hughes
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United States
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Both seems to have a few hairlines. More so on the 01, may be problematic, but they do look older. The 92 just looks like it has a few running over the neck and cheek, minimal. Are the scratches by the date damage or die scratches?
1892- AU55 possible issues if the scratches are incuse.
1901- XF40, maybe 45, possibly details depending on the extent of the hairlines.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking the ED alone might detail both of them.
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United States
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AU58 and XF40-45 for me. Not sure if anything would detail them but the 01 does look lightly cleaned, with the hairlines in the right field. Light scratches across the neck seem common even on MS coins so on the 92 it doesn't bother me. The deeper scratches near United could be a problem though. Not sure what's going on near the rim between date and America - die clash? die crack? Looks like a die chip is closing off the bottom right of 2, which is interesting. Both valuable in those grades as you know.
Good images to see the change to Reverse 2 in 1900-1901 which I documented/published a couple years ago - compare the leaf veins and corn kernels. 1901 saw the introduction of the "thick ribbon" Reverse 3, and for 1901-S Rev3 is scarce, but unfortunately yours is not.
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United States
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1892-S LDS obverse, MDS reverse, solid strike. The obverse die has significant die cracking beginning between the "2" and tip of the bust, returning at the second "A" of America, and a second crack between "ICA of AMERICA and the rim. The first crack may be an early Retained Cud. The corrosion spots on the reverse haven't advanced enough to detail the coon, but bear watching. There is a staple scratch through "UNI" of UNITED (notice the dotted scratch between "N" and "I") and a second likely staple scratch between UNITED and the back of the head. There are small gouges above "89" and to the right of the truncation of the bust. It looks AU-58, but IMHO the obverse scratches detail the coin. 1901-S There is an old cleaning, but it is market acceptable. There is a zig-zag scratch on the cheek, and a staple scratch (between "9" and "0" to the neck, then turning right) and cleaning hairlines. These are not enough to detail the coin. Like the 1892-S, the corrosion spots on the reverse bear watching. The technical grade looks on the EF-40/EF-45 fence. The surface conditions likely would net grade the coin to EF-40. |
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United States
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92-S AU-58 details, scratched.
01-S EF-45
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United States
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92s au details
01s high ef details
Both for scratches.
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