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1884 Seated Liberty quarter for Grading - this was pulled from a Library of coins album curious what you all think of it. This one is possibly slated for round two of PCGS slabbing Thanks    |
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Looks like there is rub in the hair so I would say AU but its a sharp looking coin
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Bedrock of the Community
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Tough date. The right obverse field looks cleaned in these pics, so I lean toward Unc details (cleaned). Hope I'm wrong.
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Unfortunately, coinfrog, I do not believe you are wrong about the cleaning. I think even if it came back Unc Details, it's still worth getting it slabbed to me. There are a few in the collection that have suffered old cleanings but overall nice enough to warrant preserving.
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i agree with coinfrog based on the photos Quote:
There are a few in the collection that have suffered old cleanings but overall nice enough to warrant preserving. just a question on your comment. can the coin be preserved without slabbing? if the purpose is that, then why not just put it in an air tight? on the other hand even at UNC details there's enough value to warrant it. I guess it comes down to personal choice and if you want to take the chance it returns straight. that would be a huge win if it did the other possibility is that it comes back AU58 straight. the top of the hair, the high points of the flag, the top of the legs and lower gown look like they may have slight wear |
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@panzaldi - Sorry that wasn't very clear, yes even at an UNC Details grade - it meets my personal threshold price range for slabbing and fullfils my overall slabbing purpose to preserve the higher end value coins in the collection and make it easier to market, keep, sell, handle, learn about etc for the future generations that will have this collection. Sometimes these older coins with old cleanings get a pass and that would be great, but I understand if it doesn't as well and I'm ok with that.
There is simply put, too much in the collection that it creates a lot of "noise" for someone who hasn't been with it and spent years learning about it. This will help decern between the good stuff, the junk silver, the sentimental stuff and bulk. I hope that makes more sense.
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01/16/2023 09:56 am
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I hope that makes more sense. absolutely makes sense based on the value and your end goal. many of those just starting out in the hobby think they have to slab everything and have no reason behind it other than they see coins slabbed everywhere and think thats what they should do. I typically attempt to teach them when and why you should or shouldn't spend the $$. for this coin there may be a chance that it could come back straight and even if it didnt the value is still there as well as preserve the coin. good luck and please repost it if you do. |
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MS details, old cleaning.
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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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so.... This coin was sent off to PCGS awhile back and the grade is in..... Any new guesses? This one threw me for a loop for sure. I will have to research it a bit more once I get it back in hand.
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AU Details, cleaned or altered surfaces
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Instinctively, it looks like someone had a go at the X-like scratch that appears in the right obverse field of the new pics.
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Uh, well, if PCGS coinfacts lists an estimated value of $1050.00 in an AU-58, then getting it slabbed is a no brainer, details or not in my opinion  But ultimately up to you  Oh yeah, for everybody to know, only 8,000 were minted  Edited by mrwhatisit
03/24/2023 8:34 pm
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