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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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I don't seen many (this is the first I've handled) of these in Rome. In hand it is way more polished looking than the pictures show, but I bought it with the 1899 o Morgan below for €75. Curious to hear what folks think....     |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The FE looks VG-F and the Morgan may be an AU slider. I'd say you paid a fair retail price for the pair. Nice.
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"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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02/26/2023 08:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
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@bump thanks
... That's about what I figured. The guy knew the 1858 was less common than most of the u.s. coinage found in Rome.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sounds like a reasonable price. The FE perhaps cleaned?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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99-o looks au55 and looks great. 1858 looks polished. The coin looks to have too much detail in other places to show the breast, tail and wreath worn smooth.
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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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Yes. it was polished; I know that impacts it pretty significantly. In hand, it has a clearly polished look. I think I got wrapped up in the deal. Here it is in hand....it is somewhere between those two colors ...   Edited by Roma2021
02/26/2023 10:34 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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FE F-15 details, cleaned.
Morgan AU-55.
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Bedrock of the Community
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FE Fine details (polished) morgan AU55 probably details. based on these photos it appears that the surfaces are not original for a mid-AU coin. the coin is just flat and lifeless collecting US coins in Italy has to be a challenge Edited by panzaldi
02/27/2023 09:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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@pan... It can be. But I think overall it's been easier than I suspected.
Frustrating at times... A guy offered me a 21 Morgan today for €450. A few weeks ago I bought a decent stack of 90% at spot(I posted under another thread)... So it's all over the place.
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