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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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.comEdited by numismatic student
06/26/2022 4:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5675 Posts |
I'd say VF-30, old cleaning, but straight-graded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
Old cleaning market acceptable. These are very difficult to find with original skin and eye appeal. Nice example. I am at VF35 but a XF 40 would not surprise me.
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06/26/2022 7:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
Agreed with the old cleaning, but acceptable. I'm at VF35
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3663 Posts |
Brunner & Frost 1875-CC BF-2, Die marriage 1-B. Nerd warning: Obverse die 1 coins were struck with a 22.1 mm collar, while obverse die 2 coins were struck with a 21,8 mm collar. Nobody knows why. On the 1875-CC, much of the obverse weakness is strike quality. This is especially true for the shield and LIBERTY. The reverse should be given more weight in grading this date. IMHO, this one just makes EF-40, straight grade. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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XF40. even if it graded straight I wouldnt be a fan of this one. I think there are better ones out there in this grade
just curious...why this one? what drew you to it?
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Bedrock of the Community
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First that the coin appeared to be problem free. Second the price.
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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United States
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The 1875-CC is strange. There are a lot of them available in lower grades. There are a pretty decent number in higher circulated grades, but many of them look like they were beaten to death.
Talk about a cherry picker's special date, though, both for condition and variety. It's getting tough to find EF-AU coins with relatively clean surfaces. One of the last transactions I did for a client was a high AU with clean fields and devices. That transaction came in at nearly double retail price. In addition, the five known die marriages are also a cherry-picker's special. BF-2 is the most common, but two of the remaining four are much harder to find in higher grades, and two of them are almost impossible to find in any grade.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice one. EF-45 straight grade.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll say XF-45, very nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2282 Posts |
XF45 all day
Remember folks, you cannot grade these normally, you have to add a grade or 2, just how it is.
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-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Technical EF40, my net grade VF35
Still much higher grade than my own example of the same coin!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll clarify my VF35 as a net as well. Technical XF, but surface originality gets a net down in my book. Still higher grade than my F15 example.
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 looks like it was in a PCGS slab. What's the grade NS? |
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Posted 06/26/2022 4:22 pm
