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Valued Member
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Help me grading it Bought for bottom dollar May it be a 69? Has one ding left from Eagle   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tough to tell the luster. The cheek has small contact marks and the neck a larger one. I'd say 64 pending better pictures.
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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Valued Member
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How do I take a photo to show the luster
Edited by shayez
12/19/2023 1:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You can see the light downward stretching of all devices on this coin. It was molested by a wire wheel. Unc Details Harshly Cleaned.
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Valued Member
Israel
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 The obverse I will upload tomorrow bcz I can't size it down at the moment |
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Pillar of the Community
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Agreed - Dremel victim. The flow of the grime in perimeter devices towards 5 o'clock is consistent on the entire Obverse. Light on jaw and chin area shows how harsh the work was - textured.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hard to tell what you have with these photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
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We need pics that throw more light on the suraces.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Monkey around with contract and exposure and it starts looking like a cast.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Monkey around with contract and exposure and it starts looking like a cast. That is my impression as well, based on just the chin alone (for starters). |
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That was my thought also because of the stars on the right side. Whizzed?
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Valued Member
Israel
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Can anyone share a picture of a cast coin so I can compare and make another photo
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United States
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You can google cast Morgan dollar and see many examples. Yours seems to have too much detail for a cast copy. 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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Valued Member
Israel
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Love to hear that someone thinks it's not a cast
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12/19/2023 6:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Whatever you paid for it, it was too much.
Poor thing's been badly abused by someone.
That orange peel on the cheek is hugely unnatural as well.
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