| Author |
 Replies: 10 / Views: 1,235 |
|
|
Valued Member
Israel
54 Posts |
What do you think about this one?   |
|
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18681 Posts |
XF maybe AU details (either cleaned or improper storage)
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
High AU details (ED, cleaned).  to the CCF! |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
11896 Posts |
Well the 1872 2c is a very scarce and expensive coin. I am not sure but the coin looks suspicious. The details indicate a very high grade, but the coin has several flaws, color differences in different areas in patches, a little verdigris, etc. Other parts of the coin look lustrous. This needs a look by an expert of the series for authentication.
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 |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
I agree with NS, something looks off with this one.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
AU-53 Details Cleaned
No luster, lacking original surfaces. Very good detail remaining, and a better date as well.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
18681 Posts |
Quote:
I am not sure but the coin looks suspicious NS. that thought crossed my mind but then on second look there is verdigris on the obv under the date and around the edges of the bottom of the shield. my question is do they counterfeit a coin and add verdigris? I dont see enough fake copper to know if they do or not. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
8517 Posts |
Cleaned and retoned at the very least.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
No expert on the series, but I'll say low AU Details, ED and Cleaned
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
AU details, questionable color and possible ED.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
 It does have 90% of the diagnostics for a real coin. The only things I don't like are the lack of die cracks there are at least 3 obverse and 2 reverse die pairs that I know of, and this matches neither on the reverse, it of course could be a really early die state where cracks have not formed yet. I think better focused reverse photos could convince me better one way or the other. Grade appears to be mid AU and probable recolor from an old cleaning (not done well). Of course my opinion is only worth my 2 cents, take it for what it's worth. "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 |
| |
Replies: 10 / Views: 1,235 |
|
Posted 06/26/2022 10:55 am
