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Pillar of the Community
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A coin I am thinking about purchasing. Want to get everyone's thoughts on originality and grade. Thanks!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm going to say there is enough there to pull a F12 grade
Edited by panzaldi
09/20/2023 2:29 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say VG-10. Most will probably say Fine.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
I'm with Coinfrog on this one
VG10, very original and attractive
Some minor scratches on the obverse, most visible across the right leg and upper right quadrant of the shield
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
7621 Posts |
Monday/Friday coin!
If graded on Monday it's a VG10; if graded on Friday it's a F15.
Looks nice and original to me!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1659 Posts |
VG10, honest wear and surfaces.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6512 Posts |
If it weren't for the wear on the word Liberty, I would say the obverse is a 20. Reverse seems like about a 15. So overall, F15.
Prediction: the slab says 25. =P
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Pillar of the Community
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Old school it is a VG-10. I think it makes F-12 with today's grading.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's awfully close to Fine using the grading guides I find on the internet, but I can't see a coin like this grading Fine with barely more than 2 letters of Liberty showing. Bottom line - when you look at it, it just doesn't look "Fine".
Edited by Coinfrog
09/20/2023 6:18 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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F12
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
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NIce coin, nice pics. Minor scratches are typical for the grade, which I'd put at F12.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Almost all the ones I see have weakness in the obverse shield, even into mid VF range; so I am sticking at VG10-F12 based on the rest of the coin, particularly the feathers, hair and drapery
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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Pillar of the Community
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PCGS graded this one F-15. I did not end up purchasing.
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Pillar of the Community
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7621 Posts |
"Friday" coin!
Thx for posting!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just have to ask fans of PCGS - does this really look like a Fine coin to you?
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Pillar of the Community
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This coin has lots of inner detail on both sides, rims are strong and all denticles are visible. Eye appeal is excellent. I have no problem with the Fine-15 grade.
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Posted 09/20/2023 11:11 am
