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Edited by Blastenpene4
06/09/2023 7:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say VF details (cleaned).
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Bedrock of the Community
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Right around VF35. Those dies were worn out. The area above star #2 (and above D in UNITED on the reverse) is interesting. Not sure if this is a die defect or PMD. The gouge between stars #11-12 is definitely distracting, though it doesn't look super deep, and there's also a pair of scratches at the O in ONE (one below left and one above horizontal) but again, relatively shallow and probably old. I don't THINK it's been cleaned, but it's hard to tell from these photos. Coinfrog usually has a pretty good eye for coins, though. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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I think has higher VF sharpness but the color looks off. Looks like its trying to retone after a cleaning or dip?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Blastenpene4, are these your photos are sellers?
the sharpness of the photos is there. the lighting is not. it just washes out the surfaces to determine originality. the second obv photo shows a coin that was lightly cleaned.
several decent hits on the obv. the scratch on the reverse will detail for me. its in a prominent area and too large.
VF+ details (scratched)
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Yeah, I'm still fighting to try to get lighting right. That's why I usually post 3 pictures of each side. First picture of the reverse makes that scratch look huge - it really isn't. I'll try again. These taken outside in the shade. Better?   Edited by Blastenpene4
06/10/2023 10:28 am
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Still don't believe the coloring is original.
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The bit over the D is damage. Color's off.
I'd call it VF35 details.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Could make 40. Obverse hits detract slightly from eye appeal.
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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Figured I had nothing much to lose so I gave the obverse a 10-hour soak in Verdi-Care. Better, worse or indifferent? Soaking the reverse now. BTW, dumb question - what size coin 2x2 do these large cents fit in? Quarter looks too small and half looks too big.   Edited by Blastenpene4
06/24/2023 12:01 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I store mine in 2x2 Kraft manila envelopes, so I don't know about the pre-made cardboard holder sizes. The ones for US small dollar coins (Sac/SBA) might work but I'd have to check.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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new photos...VF details (Cleaned)
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Yes the small sized dollar 2x2's are 28mm and these large cents are 28.5mm. They work well even with the coin .5 mm oversized. The other option is the half dollar size 2x2's at 30.5MM but the coin can be loose and rotate in these.
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Here is a link for an ebay auction for 100 29mm size 2x2's. they will work for all the large cents. 332046068058 |
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