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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
This one is in an ICG slab. Seller's photos. What grade would you guess for this one?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
I am at VF35. It may have wear that could get it to XF 40, but not seeing any protected luster around the letters.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I would guess it's right at the VF/XF line as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
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10580 Posts |
Obverse seems VF35 - reverse can't really tell accurately.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Lousy pics - I'll say VF-35.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
343 Posts |
I'm at VF30. The Reverse may be VF/XF (it's a bit blurry), but with all the surface blemishes and the wear in the hair, cotton leaves and blossoms, it's hard for me to go any higher. If the Reverse ends up being a solid XF, I might be able to get to VF35.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Pretty beat but VF35 and it looks relatively original which is a nice bonus.
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11896 Posts |
XF details cleaned
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say VF.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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18681 Posts |
I'm going to push it over the line to XF40
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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36800 Posts |
Does anyone other than NS think this one was cleaned at some point?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
It's always possible when looking at 100+ year old coins that someone, somewhere cleaned it; in this case, I see dirty/dark original toning commensurate with the amount of wear expected of a high VF-low XF coin.
Since that's the case, what I focus on when evaluating classic coins is whether or not any cleaning that might have been done is 1) immediately obvious, 2) noticeably damaged the coin's surfaces, 3) is widely inconsistent with surface wear, or 4) substantially affects eye appeal (e.g. unnatural color, staining, "dip job" luster patterns, etc.)
I don't think this coin meets any of those criteria for me, so I would expect it to straight grade.
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36800 Posts |
paralyse, I had this one as cleaned. The dirty/dark original toning is inconsistent on the obverse, but the reverse looks normal. The details in the center of the coin, Liberty's hair, cap folds, part of LIBERTY on the band are all clean with no dirt, grime or toning.
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Posted 03/01/2024 2:21 pm
