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Pillar of the Community
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I was a little surprised at the NGC grade ...   |
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Weakly struck as is common with these coins, heavily clashed, making the die at end of life. I can't see any real signs of circulation and the luster still looks good, I'd guess MS64, I do worry that little area around 10:00 on the reverse rim will continue to grow, an acetone bath before slabbing may have stopped that. PVC possibly?
A overall nice coin if the strike was stronger, I'd say MS65.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say MS-64, but if the OP was surprised, then this probably isn't right!
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Rest in Peace
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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MS63. Wonder if they called it cleaned.
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Bedrock of the Community
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
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My guess is that NGC graded it at MS62.
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Bedrock of the Community
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strike is weak in some areas which is typical but the columns look decent which is what I look for. I think they graded it MS63 due to broken luster and strike
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Pillar of the Community
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And NGC says ...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow! I am no good grading this series.
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Pillar of the Community
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The grade totally threw me, too. Seems at least MS63 to me.
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Seems a bit harsh. Was between a 62/63 myself. Guess the number of small reverse marks were enough to hold it back. Not much of a price difference until MS64.
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Pillar of the Community
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NGC is just flat wrong on this one I believe. No way that's a MS61 coin, it's too nice.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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