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Pillar of the Community
United States
6383 Posts |
Just picked up this little beauty at the 55th Annual Fresno Coin Show. What are your opinions on grade and quality?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
I see it as F-15. Quite a nice early coin! Congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
I just looked this up on the PCGS site. Looks like the normal relief type. Rarity of R6.0 and estimated survival of only 500 in all grades. Only 10 graded by PCGS in F-15 with a value of $3500. Well Done!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I can see what looks like clash marks and adjustment marks not to mention a nice amount of crust around the obverse devices. I'd grade it higher than F15 unless EAC standards are used. EAC Fine but VF by modern grading standards. Nice color and very good eye appeal. Congratulations!
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
1849 Posts |
I see her as a F15, with a very nice planchet and color.
Great coin!
Edited by GERMANICVS
10/22/2022 01:31 am
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5663 Posts |
I'd also say F-15, very attractive with nice surfaces.
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Moderator
 United States
15402 Posts |
Nice example.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I'm at F-15 with everyone else, super coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18649 Posts |
 F15 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36688 Posts |
Agree with F-15. Very nice!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Can't disagree a little bit with any of the above. Super nice F15, very impressive bit of early copper to be sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Why does it look so orange? Shouldn't it look more brown? Scrapes in face and hair seem to indicate more recent surface scrapes exposing brighter copper. Is the color in the pics indicative of how the coin looks in hand? The remaining details and the surfaces look great. Issue I have is that it looks like a halloween pumpkin which isn't how I imagine a copper of this age ought to look like.
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United States
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F12 was my initial grade but I will also bump up to F15.
Outstanding coin! I have to make it up to Fresno some time ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
the color of the pics makes me think this coin has been cleaned and recolored. the dark buildup around the obverse devices reinforce this thought. cant tell for sure, but if I were buying it based only on these pics I would make that assumption. could be the pics. whose to say?
i think ithink it has enough meat that I would call it vf20 details
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Valued Member
Canada
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F15. Very nice piece. Congratulations...
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Why does it look so orange? That would be because of my photography. There is very little orange tint in-hand. Here are adjusted versions of the same images, with color and lighting dialed down. These images are about the closest I can get to the actual in-hand appearance.   I think PCGS was very conservative with the grade. In my experience only a tiny fraction of 1794 Half Cents match the overall eye appeal of this coin. Just my opinion of course!   |
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