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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year and/or Mintmark and/or Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title.  ***I dont have many of what I consider the "odd" denominations. Came across this Three Cent, and decided to purchase it. I gave it a acetone bath, then into a air-tite. Love Civil War era coins. Enjoy the wewkend!  
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great pick up!
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thrice as nice, crusherjc!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Looks proof. You don't see business strike 65s with that kind of sharp strike,
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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Indeed it does look like a proof coin and at least the reverse looks cameo. Nice addition, Congrats!
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With a mintage of only about 500 coins, the 1865 proof is one of the rarest in the series. With such a low mintage, every proof coin exhibits fully struck reverse roman numerals. You can see some weakness on them here so that rules out a proof strike. Despite the weakness, the coin is well struck overall and appears to have possibly been polished.
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and appears to have possibly been polished.  @ crush, just an FYI, your second pic is upside down Edited by Keith67
05/04/2025 09:22 am
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Nice example!  |
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1865 nickel Three Cent pieces can be found sharply struck with ease. This example shows clear weakness on the reverse numerals, but maintains significant detail overall. Lovely! Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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