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New Member
United States
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Hello I recently got this 1856 O Seated Liberty dime and was just curious what grade it would get? Any help is appreciated.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The grade of the coin is VF details harshly cleaned, but the more interesting thing is that this is the Fortin-105 variety with a re-punched date [RPD]. It is a minor variety and doesn't make the coin terribly valuable, but it is a very prominent RPD that I was able to spot right away, as it is very easy to see, and it is a top 100 variety in the references. You can get more information from Gerry Fortin's excellent reference here: http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/..._105page.htmIN 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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I'll say F details (cleaned).  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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18664 Posts |
i'd call it F details ( PMD) may have been marked up and scratched prior to a cleaning. doesn't matter as either way the coin is damaged |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you very much for the responses. I gave 60.00 for a few coins I was hoping this one was a pretty good one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say Fine details, cleaned.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is improperly cleaned. The lighting isn't doing it any favors either but there's only a hint of patina remaining the hairlines are prominent.
Looks like a repunched date?
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Posted 03/01/2024 08:31 am
