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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Late night ebay hunting is the best hunting when you can't sleep. This 1831 Large Cent is N-5, an R4 variety. I already have a problem-free example that's a bit nicer but for $15 I couldn't resist adding another to the collection, even though this one does have at least one issue. The reverse is rotated ~85 degrees C/W on this variety. Other die markers include the very weak reverse at ONE CENT and (more difficult to see) a die crack that starts at the right end of the wreath ribbon and runs counterclockwise above UNITED and the first part of ST, connecting the tops of the letters to each other. Thoughts on a grade? Do you think it would grade straight, or details, at a TPG? (Don't worry, it's not getting slabbed.) Thanks for looking.  Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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pretty decent for $15. Scratch on obverse might detail it if it were submitted.
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Bedrock of the Community
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After enlarging it, agree the scratch details it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The scratch behind the ear running down the neck looks pretty deep but we've also seen much worse than this get straight graded. My grade is G details scratched. Surfaces look great though. Other than the center of the reverse it looks well struck and EDS, especially along the periphery.
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
United States
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Very interesting example. That obverse scratch would give it a details des. IMO. G Details, with nice eye appeal. I'd be a buyer all day for $15. which barely gets you a couple gallons of gas these days
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Bedrock of the Community
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sharp denticles, stars and rev lettering are pointing me to a weak strike and a grade of VG details. that scratch is just too big and in a key area for her to grade straight
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Bedrock of the Community
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The scratch is the "issue" I mentioned in my original post; I do believe it wouldn't straight grade, either. I'm glad CCF and I seem to be on the same page with this one.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
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At $15? Yikes, all day every day. Fairly tough variety. I agree, G Details, but the circulation cameo looks nice. Nice Cherrypick.
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