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Valued Member
Israel
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Hi everyone What's your guess on grade for this one What can you points out for me on this beautiful coin what am I missing grade wise it looks to nice is it cleaned? I don't see it lower then a ms65 I will send it to cacg when I get it. Thank you   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks gem to me. Surprised that coins of this quality survive outside a TPG holder. 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
1018 Posts |
I think this coin looks cleaned. I could be wrong here, but something just looks off to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73798 Posts |
Nice coin! I can see it grading at MS-65. Doesn't look cleaned to me either.
Errers and Varietys.
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Moderator
 United States
15395 Posts |
Looks fantastic from here. Almost too good to be real. Post the grade when you get one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
The coin was dipped in the past, all of the desirable "crust" has been removed. The fields are complete with luster, but I see some discoloration and dullness on the obverse high points, signifying a small amount of rub. I think it would grade MS-63 tops.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
Gotta say that this issue does not come better struck than this coin. Beautifully detailed design. Can't ask more from the early 1830s prior to the steam press.
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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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Looks fantastic! Agree with a superb strike on early state dies. Nice luster despite a possible light dip in the past. I also wonder how this coin hasn't already been slabbed, unless past graders felt the surfaces weren't original enough to straight grade.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the lighting in these photos it creating a lot of glare which can be obscuring what the surfaces really look like.
post in-hand photos without overhead light. we want to see what the actual coin looks like.
the strike is exceptional for the series. the coin could be as low as AU58 or as high as MS65. all the luster needs to be there for the higher grade and if it was cleaned then the coin would detail. really cant narrow the grade using these photos
before sending for grading get some responses here first.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like it is either cleaned or photo shopped.
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Posted 08/13/2025 5:43 pm
