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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I tried but never really succeeded in developing an affinity for this series. For whatever reason, Coronet Liberty strikes me as plain, stupid and overweight (that chin makes think she's been chowing down on way too many donuts). The visage just lacks that elegance you see on so many other US coins, I think. These coins don't seem to age very gracefully, either. I've had a lot of trouble finding an affordable specimen that has true eye appeal. This is the closest I've come. What say you? Defend her if you can:   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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35 with a hammer strike with EDS dies. Love that almost all the stars seem fully split which you seldom see as the bits in the die that separate the centrils in the star are the first parts of large cent dies that seem to wear out. Lovely example. Nicely struck with moderate wear. This is one of those coins that you wish had never entered circulation.
You also see a bunch of pimples from die rust around the stars and the bridge of the nose of Liberty. This indicates that the dies were probably stores carelessly at the Philadelphia Mint before these dies were placed in service. One of those quality control things that you see in the 1820's that seems to get resolved in subsequent decades.
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.comEdited by numismatic student
09/03/2023 2:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree VF-35 and most attractive. Don't care for most of the Coronet/Matron Head designs either.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll agree with VF35, but can also see NGC calling it XF.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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i love the old coppers however the coronet design is my least favorite obv XF40 rev VF35. I can see it go either way. I'm thinking the obv is strong enough as well as the pretty even strike a TPG may push it over the line and call it XF40. I think its a decent example at that grade |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1048 Posts |
Here she is. (XF = "Extra Fat")  Edited by pristine2
09/05/2023 11:35 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
Nice coin, but you're right, she's just not a pretty woman.  |
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Posted 09/03/2023 3:50 pm
