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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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MS-62 Maybe?
Appears to be variety 13
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Bedrock of the Community
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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.com |
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This kind of Trade dollar I can't figure out, and I see them all over. They are PL business strikes, and I think most of them get this effect from being cleaned yet they are straight graded by TPGs. This particular example has a halo effect around Miss Liberty's outstretched arm. These photos are a bit funky so the effect could be the result of poor photography. This coin also has a loss of luster across all high points. My personal assessment from these photos is AU-58 Cleaned. This looks like an ICG holder, and I know they overlook minor cleaning a lot of the time. They probably said MS-62PL. 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. Edited by jacrispies
08/22/2022 12:24 am
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Pillar of the Community
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It is A business strike. Looks like Variety 13  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Jason- I'm not seeing the cut denticles under the date in the obverse of the coin. I do see the die cracks in the reverse across STATES OF AMERICA.  According to this website, there are no Prooflike 1876 Trade dollars across the 4 large TPGs. https://www.nostomania.com/servlets...tem_id=13421Looks to me like the strike is too sharp and the details too vivid for this to be a business strike but I could be wrong. It wouldn't be my first time.  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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Bedrock of the Community
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MS-63 but can't ell if the surfaces are original.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the cut denticles would be more noticeable in hand . Maybe Op can look .
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Pillar of the Community
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Impaired Proof?
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
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This looks like a nice coin. These are hard even in hand and many are cleaned. My initial impression was MS-62/63.
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I agree with JasonKflo - variety 13 business strike. The grade would only be a guess from these images.
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This is an interesting example. The coin has proof like qualities with a full strike on claw holding the arrows, and some other areas of the coin like the breast and other claw have a soft strike. I agree with the business strike, but the reverse die may be from a proof as a couple of the proof dies were used for the business strike. I am putting it at a slider AU58 to MS62.
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Here is the answer.  |
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Posted 08/22/2022 12:10 am
