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Not my coin. Opinions? No idea what's going on with the 8.   Edited by Blastenpene4
09/28/2023 7:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not a fan. Late stage dies (especially reverse), and apparently slightly MAD obverse are distracting.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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What do you think the blob in the 8 is?
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Great coin. I'll put it at VF30. The late die state and MAD are the type of character many, including myself, enjoy about CBHs. Looks original and I find it attractive. I've collected CBHs for years. I have a full year set plus many varieties. I would be happy to have this in my collection.
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I'm going to be a bit more generous and say XF-40.
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Bedrock of the Community
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MAD = misaligned die
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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There is a die chip in the lower loop of the 8 that is a key pickup of O-105 and O-106. The obverse was used for O-105, started to crack, then paired with another reverse die while cracking even further during the O-106 period. This coin has minimal chipping and cracking, so it is a 105 confirmed by matching reverse dies.
I don't like the color of this example, it shows a cleaning. XF-40 details.
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Thanks, jacrispies, I appreciate your knowledge about this.
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Agree with JA ... the color speaks to surface interventions. A lovely coin nonetheless.
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vf35 for me.
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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