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Germany
1849 Posts |
Not a high grade piece or specially scarce, but a nice coin with few detractions besides light hairlines and marks, and pretty brown toning. Sheldon S-137, R-2+. The reverse die is bulged at ICA. How would you grade her? Thanks!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36724 Posts |
Looks VG-10 to me. Nice eye appeal.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2362 Posts |
Another great looking coin GERMANICVS
It looks at least as good as my S-141 that was graded F12.
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Canada
1527 Posts |
I'll say VG-10. very nice.
Edited by GMS5
02/16/2023 12:35 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18657 Posts |
I've always beat my head against the wall with these early coppers when it comes to how a TPG looks at wear vs strike. I always tend to ignore the strike as that occurred at the mint. with that said I see a nice sharp date, some separation of the hair tie, very little wear on the breast and about 50% of the front of the drape. on the reverse nice sharp denticles, sharp letters in STATES and nice definition on the tops of the bows. technically i'd call it F15 but if strike weakness is considered as part of the grade i'd say F12. nice example and the die bulge, offset obverse strike and weakness in areas just add character to this |
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United States
594 Posts |
I like it ... F-15 by me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Grade aside, a beautiful example!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
There's enough there for F15, F12 at the minimum
Really nice coin.
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United States
3848 Posts |
I always love your photos of coppers and early silver!! I'll be a little more optimistic and say VF-20. The reverse has a lot of detail with great surfaces.
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Pillar of the Community
 Germany
1849 Posts |
Thank you, everybody, for your insightful comments and grade opinions. It is very much appreciated!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
I'm at F12 on this one. Another wonderful coin from your collection Germanicvs.
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