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Valued Member
Sweden
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Hi, m8s! I am interested in your opinion about this coin. It has two big scratches. One on Liberty's face, one - on Liberty's pileus. Should I send it in for grading?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The pic exposure prevents assessment of surface originality, but the injuries on the obverse will detail it anyway.
AU Details.
Still a nice coin.
Edited by pristine2
02/25/2022 5:49 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say AU details (deeply scratched). Not a grading candidate - it will come back "details" and that's clear already.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
What a shame, AU details damaged, scratched and cleaning hairlines on obverse.
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Valued Member
 Sweden
171 Posts |
No, I don't think it was cleaned. Only badly scratched :(
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Sorry , but I believe that's a counterfeit . The MM is in wrong place ; Should be more to the right side between the R and the D .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Surely there must have been more than one reverse die for this coin?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
Interesting observation about the MM location. I have seen other examples of this date with the mm centered directly under the center tail feather. This one does appear to be off slightly to the left.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1048 Posts |
NOT counterfeit. The mint mark is exactly where it should be. After 1892 it was moved. This is NGC's MS67 example:  Edited by pristine2
02/25/2022 10:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
This is not the same MM position as on the OP's coin, clearly.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1048 Posts |
Quote:
This is not the same MM position as on the OP's coin, clearly. OK, if you want to get technical, the relationship between the MM and the devices near it meandered a tiny bit through the year. According to NGC: "While the similar half dollar possessed plenty of room to fit a mintmark under the eagle's tail, the quarter dollar did not. In 1892 alone it was wedged into the tight space between the feathers and letter R of QUARTER, which led to displacement of the adjacent design features and occasional chipping of the die steel between these elements." That "displacement" accounts for the tiny variation you see. The following year, the mintmark moved here:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1479 Posts |
My first impression was "this coin is weird something's not right" after that the word potential counterfeit popped up. I'm with TOp I think its not genuine. Sorry and I hope I'm wrong. LIBERTY is just weird the lettering is off and ain't right.
Edited by luvmyCAM
02/26/2022 9:54 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Lousy-looking coin, genuine or not. |
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
I don't like anything about this coin.
Edited by drmenard
02/27/2022 01:22 am
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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dont waste your $$ on this one
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