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Valued Member
United States
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Hey all, thought I would show off my latest pickup, this is a big one for me, the capstone of my nearly completed "colonial type set" (self-defined of course). Took a long time to get it, this one checked all the boxes, large planchet, reverse N, nicely centered, overall look.. And holy mackerel, the note says R6, that's the only I coin I own that is R-anything. Wow-ee! whattya think?    |
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 United States
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Picking up one of these was a crown to my colonial collection and I expect is for you as well. I can't comment on the grade, but it is a pretty sweet piece of history you have there. Well done!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice! Not my wheelhouse in the least. Love reading up on colonials, have seen some amazing examples in person, but do not collect them...yet.
Shot in the dark at VF25, nice example and congrats on the addition!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Congratulations on the sweet coin and completing your collection!  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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United States
378 Posts |
Not my wheelhouse either but, appreciate the history behind it. Nice looking coin but, why hide the grade?
Edited by eaglebub7
01/30/2023 9:53 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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why hide the grade? I believe that is the point of this sub-forum, post the coin and everyone else guesses the grade, then I reveal it 24 hours later, or some such. Anyway hope to get some guesses, I feel this one was conservatively graded (though so would most everyone for their own coin  ) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know how to grade these either but I'll take a stab at VF35.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
VF-30, just a guess.
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United States
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I know very little about these but always wanted one,my address is.... Beautyful coin is all I can say. John1  |
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United States
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Lovely example. Congratulations on the acquisition. Complete guess on grade is VF20 |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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thats sweet and an Awesome pickup definitely out of my wheelhouse for grading but looks like a little weakness in strike on the obv but the lettering is very sharp and especially of note are the buttons around the date. I'm with kbbpll at VF35  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
sweet coin. I'm between 15 and 20. its NGC so ill say they called it 20.
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United States
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Germany
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Nice and historical coin. The dream of many a Numismatist. Congratulations!
Grade: better than my F15, so I'll say VF25.
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United States
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Posted 01/30/2023 9:00 pm
Sorry TimNH, not sure what the heck I was thinking 
