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Bedrock of the Community
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Silver Three Cent pieces were first minted in 1851, so the date is not an issue. Can you provide the weight and diameter? At first glance, your coin appears not only legit but a real beauty! It's late and my eyes are tired. Perhaps the marks you're seeing are clash marks? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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It's 14mm by .07 mm and weighs .8 and thanks I was excited when I saw it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Weight and diameter check out correctly. It appears to be in MS condition and depending on actual grade may be worth $300-$600 slabbed according to the PCGS website. Worthy of submission for grading.
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United States
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Nice that would be awesome, I've been searching hi and low for my first coin to get graded. That will be exciting. Tuesday my LCS opens I'm gonna take it in and get it checked out. Then fingers crossed, I'll send it in for grading. Thanks for the info yall
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Pillar of the Community
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Notice on the obverse (side with the date), you can see the clash marks from the C of the reverse with the diamond and circles plus the die cracking at the date. Congrats on a super find!
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Valued Member
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Yeah that's cool, In the right light you can clearly see the diamond and circles on the obverse side. Thanks again for the info
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Bedrock of the Community
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Beautiful example, congrats!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks great. AU58 as surfaces and luster seem disturbed.
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Valued Member
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A really beautiful coin! I'm at AU-55/58. Probably 58 with the eye appeal.
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Bedrock of the Community
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really nice type 1 silver 3 cent. challenge to grade these due to thin composition of the planchets. strike was an issue on a lot of them.
grading comes from the periphery of the shield and the 6 rays and on the rev the roundness of the buttons and the sharpness of the diamond
the sharpness of the stars with centers is exceptional where you can see the center point on almost all of them as well as the roundness of the III's
in this case the coin appears to AU58 but a low MS grade would not surprise me. really nice example
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Valued Member
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Sweet that would be awesome. Can't wait to have some one check it out. Thanks for the info
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd be around AU55, strongly clashed obv/rev dies (not uncommon)
These little "trimes" are so tiny, it's a miracle that they have survived for 170+ years so far.
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The trimes are very thin and are also subject to PIDT - Progressive Indirect Die Transfer - of reverse elements to the obverse and vice versa. PIDT is more ghostly than a clash. It's mostly noticable as a ghost of the star on the reverse and lines of the C on the obverse. https://www.error-ref.com/progressi...gn-transfer/-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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