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this coin is raw---what grade would you give it---thanks   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm a little higher at AU55. Love the strike on the eagle.  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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Canada
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 with NS, eagle is gorgeous and AU55, maybe even better. |
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United States
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AU-50, this is a very eye appealing coin!
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United States
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What is going on between the A and M of America? and what about the pimples in the field above the eagle's head. Pimples may be from rusted dies but draws a red flag from me until I confirm otherwise. Obverse does have nice eye appeal.
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Small amount of wear on the high points that patinated over, then s
some slight rubbing on those high points after that,
and now re patinating over those high points again.
AU-55.
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This is a really pretty example too. "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 |
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United States
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AU55, a little bit of appealing toning. Presents very nicely overall with a sharp strike.
I'd be proud to own it. Only nit-picky little issue is below the date and I'd probably still buy it anyway.
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 Edited by paralyse
10/21/2022 1:58 pm
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Die file lines are still visible around the back of the hair Those are clashmarks, not file lines. 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. |
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Duly noted, and corrected. Thank you!
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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