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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I apologize for the ugly gashes on the plastic (there are 10 on the left obverse, and two smaller ones on the reverse). I think they were done intentionally by a seller at some point to obscure/obfuscate/create plausible doubt about the real scratches on the coin, which are actually typical for this era of the series. I'd include the True View pics, but as usual, they lie. What say you?   Edited by pristine2
09/05/2023 9:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PR62
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09/05/2023 9:40 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Without the slab in hand, the reverse looks scrubbed.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Proof dies were polished. This was a hallmark proof coins. In the latter 19th century, the mint was experimenting with contrasting the finish of the fields and the devices. This was done by polishing the fields but not the excavated design in the design elements - liberty, eagle, lettering, scrolls . This was easy to do because the fields are the highest surfaces in the die. An abrasive cloth was often used to do the polishing which led to the die polishing lines.
How do we know that the die was polished and not the coin after it was struck? Because the polishing cloth only polished the fields and not the raised design. This is only possible when the die's raised surfaces are polished, not when a cloth is rubbed on the coin.
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you for this clarification and education, numismatic student!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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Great explanation, numismatic student. Late Seated Liberty proofs without die polishing lines are scarcer, grade higher than this coin, and cost a lot more.
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Bedrock of the Community
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i'll also put her in a PF63 box.
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United States
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United States
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PR 62, reverse looks cameo but not sure about the obverse.
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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Thank you, informative.
I would not have thought such scratches could come from the die used.
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Here she is ...  |
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Posted 09/05/2023 9:39 pm
