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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like it was plated. Am I wrong?
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Pillar of the Community
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In-hand it does not look like a plated coin, but I could be wrong. I'm curious to hear what others may think about that. I did find the color to be bright and a bit odd, I wrote that off to it being an album coin.
I will take some different photos in a few and post them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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After taking these photos I would say you are right about the coin being plated. Especially photos 3 & 4. I have never had any plated coins before, so this cent will be a good learning tool. Thanks!     |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The good: Looks like a well-struck coin with no wear. Surfaces have intact flowlines. Great design details remaining.
The bad: Coin has flat-looking surfaces and color with oxidation that is a little short of attractive.
Netnet: Coin looks borderline details due to surfaces that look short of luster for such a high grade coin. Attractive but for the oxidation spots.
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see no circulation wear and nice full strikes on obv and reverse. its a nice album coin as its been fiddled with in one fashion or another. Most high AU and above Indians will still have some luster squeezed into those low areas between rim and devices and I don't see any on either side of your example - UNC "details" for me. Still a sharp coin i.m.o.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Plated?! I'll say Unc details (ED).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU details, there is definitely wear on LHC and ribbon
An interesting coin for discussion
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Bedrock of the Community
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MS61 color seems odd but it could be lighting
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Rest in Peace
United States
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AU-58 Details ED . I don't think it was plated .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I perceived bubbles all over the coin, and the transition from golden to dark colors seem like places where the plating rubbed or flaked off, like the nose and eyebrow. That's why I thought plated (or painted).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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MS-63RB. Doesn't look like wear, just storage issues.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just for reference. The album this coin came in I ended up throwing away. The first page (cent page) appeared to have gotten totally wet and dried on its own, It was crunchy. The top of the second page showed damage, but the back of the second page & rest of the pages looked fine. The album had a mildew smell and I found some black spots here and there, so I took all the coins out and tossed the album. This 1940 LWC also came in this album and was of course on the same cent page. It turned out to be a toned proof, I wonder if the wild toning came from the same conditions that impaired the surfaces on the 1901 cent. http://goccf.com/t/418477&SearchTerms=1940 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Too bad about the album damage. this was a nice red coin when it was probably put into it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Common date to begin with, very little collector appeal as such. Some coin doctor might snap it up, but I wouldn't offer twenty bucks for it.  |
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Posted 12/26/2022 4:46 pm
