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Pillar of the Community
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What do you grade this? It arrived today and was bought raw. Thanks!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It sure looks unc, with an even woodgrain brown. I'll put an MS-63BN on it.
Take a close look at that mintmark, make sure it wasn't added. I've seen some pretty good counterfeits of the 1908 and 1909 S cents.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Sweet MS-63RB . Not sure if it qualifies as a woody .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say MS-63, leaning toward BN.
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Bedrock of the Community
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36782 Posts |
MS-63RB. Only marks are on Indian's face, might make a 64.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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63rb here too
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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Bedrock of the Community
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18680 Posts |
MS64
lighting could be altering the actual in hand color. based on the photos it should be RB but I'm thinking in hand its probably going to be darker than the photos show so it could go either way.
if these are sellers photos can you post in hand photos to give us a better idea. the difference in value could be almost double.
the coin looks genuine. nice pickup
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Pillar of the Community
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This was a "risk" purchase. Returns accepted so I pulled the trigger. Less than $260 shipped. The photos attached were mine, attached here are the sellers photos, cropped of course. I will say the coin has a good bit of Red, but it might grade as Brown. There are some streaks of alloy running throughout, kind of has the woodgrain look, but not as much as others for this date.   Edited by RedRaider
07/12/2022 2:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I think you did well, I could see it in a 64bn slab.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18680 Posts |
I'm not a huge proponent of slabbing but based on your original photos I would consider this one due to the difference in grade and value that could be returned. could be anything from MS63BN to MS64RB. to me the reverse looks RB for sure and the obv has to be assessed in hand as it could go either way.
I'm at MS64 and a shot at RB at any of these grades I think you did really well
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