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Seller graded it VF-20. I agree, but I'm wondering if the streaks on the reverse won't detail it.   |
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VF20 is possible but I think maybe F15. Petite head, small letters. There are 8 die varieties of these but can't get the exact one. Streaks look to be just striations from alloying the metal.
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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Agree, closer to F-15, don't think the streaks will detail it.
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Streaks look to be just striations from alloying the metal. What do you mean? Aren't these 100% copper? |
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You are of course right. Large cents were made of pure copper to the extent that smelting processes at the time allowed. I mistakenly thought they were made of bronze, a copper alloyed with tin. However, the copper planchets could contain impurities that give the "not completely alloyed metal" effect otherwise known as a "woody." CCF moderator @vermontensium gives an example of another one here, so large cent "woodies" are out there in the wild: http://goccf.com/t/83700&SearchTerms=1845,centIN 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
02/12/2024 7:53 pm
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Old cleaning for sure. The washed out color is a dead giveaway.
F15 details, cleaned
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Planchet impurities are found across all denominations and metal contents. It is not a copper problem, it is a refining problem.
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Looks okay to me. Fine sounds about right.
Errers and Varietys.
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