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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Looking forward to your opinions on how these two compare. Thanks!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Such rarities! Wonderful examples of both. S-266A. Both coins are the same die state (D, Breen IV) with obverse and reverse Cuds both formed. Breen identified 4 die states (I, II, III, and IV) but the 3rd die state (so-called "C") actually has early and late varieties (in the earlier state C1, the reverse Cud over MERI is only partially formed between E-R; in the later state C2, the Cud is fully formed across all letters.) The 1st coin has a slightly sharper obverse strike in some places but the 2nd coin has a slightly sharper obverse strike in other places. Reverse of the 1st coin is sharper. Fields on the 1st coin have many more contact marks, but the 2nd coin has a rim bump obverse at K3. Both planchets exhibit areas of light porosity which are not inconsistent with the type. Overall they are fairly evenly matched; I'd grade the first coin VG 10 net VG 8 due to the contact marks and the 2nd coin VG 10 net VG 7 due to the rim bump and slightly weaker reverse. 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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Moderator
 United States
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Nice examples!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice coins! I agree with paralyse on the grades.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm not a pro like paralyse, but I grade these coins more on the F range, especially the latter.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
No professional here!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I estimate would be F-12. I would be ecstatic to have either in my collection. Beauties.
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Moderator
United States
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Lovely looking rarities. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you, everybody for your comments and grade opinions.
Thank you, @paralyse for your detailed comments on the die state, I learnt something interesting I was not aware of.
Personally, I have always graded this coin (the bottom one) as VG8 and that is probably correct as per EAC standards. It shows very nicely in-hand.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think 8 on the 2nd is just as reasonable. It's just a matter of what each individual person "values" a particular issue at in terms of net grade. I've seen some people who will knock 30-40 points off for a light cleaning which would be maybe a 5 point net drop for others. EAC is weird sometimes!
Either which way, they're both beautiful.
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
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well, can't anything to paralyse's detailed assessment for sure
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Has anyone seen paralyze and panzaldi in the same room together?  You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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12/15/2024 2:06 pm
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