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This has a nice antique "crust" to it, so to me, good eye appeal. As to grade, at least XF-40, possibly getting into the AU range.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Out of curiosity, how was this coin obtained?
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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I see XF sharpness, sharply struck with EDS dies. Obverse looks less worn than reverse. The surface color looks odd and may be artificially toned but I don't see ED on the surfaces.
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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I got it off a auction site
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No one else is questioning authenticity? I note how fat and mushy everything on the reverse is, the porous texture everywhere, the top of the 1 in date is wrong. It looks like a cast counterfeit to my eyes.
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This one is from US coins s how is the 1 diffrent?  Edited by Herestohoping
06/05/2022 03:51 am
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What is the weight of this coin?
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It looks like a Chinese counterfeit to me. Hope I'm wrong....
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I would hope it's real since I got it from hibid.com
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Quote:This one is from US coins s how is the 1 diffrent? I'm not sure why you're comparing with a replica coin clearly stamped COPY. It has the same problems yours does. Compare this VF35, note how scalloped the top of the 1 is on a genuine coin, and the detail in the hair curls even on a well-worn example. hibid.com isn't any better than ebay at vetting their coins.  |
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I'm at VF details (questionable surface color).
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Almost looks rusted to me
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Posted 06/04/2022 7:48 pm
