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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This was a FUN show pickup and my first Feuchtwangers token cent. It is raw, and when the price was quoted to me, I could not pass it up. There is weakness in the eagles chest, I'm not certain it is wear. Coin still has plenty of luster! Grade thoughts?   Edited by RedRaider
01/07/2023 11:49 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3323 Posts |
I believe your Feuchtwanger is a 5G die marriage. My gut feeling from photos is that it is uncirculated, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did grade AU. These are notorious for weak strikes. Congrats on your first one! I love them.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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is this the color of the coin in hand? looks either AU58 or maybe MS63/64 area. I'm with bump it looks UNC. nice coin  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1018 Posts |
Color is pretty accurate, might be a little lighter in hand. Totally original in my opinion, with no spots and obvious lack of anything distracting. Picked it up for $300. I felt it looked better than any of the MS coins on ebay, even though the strike in the eagles breast is on the weak side. I came up with 5G as well, which the obverse is typically on the weaker side on the eagle. |
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 United States
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Never heard of this coin - now I have some research to do!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
That's a nice one. I always liked the eagle and snake design. Definitely better grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2333 Posts |
The open fields look fantasic! I would be in the Unc camp...but I really know nothing about these.
Very nice pick-up!
smat
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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I would grade this very nice Feuchtwanger MS60 and above.
The central weakness is inherent, not a result of circulation wear.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Likely UNC. 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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Haven't had much experience grading these, but certainly close to uncirculated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice one. I have a graded AU-55 5G that is similar to this one. I think yours is slightly better so AU-58 to MS-63 would not surprise me.
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