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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This recent purchase is much nicer than the current Liberty Cap cent in my type set. Any thoughts on grade and/or general quality?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VF35. Lovely surfaces and color.  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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Very nice. My initial thought was 'wow it has a clean looking planchet without a bunch of distracting surface issues'. I'm used to seeing these older cents with planchet splits, corrosion and extreme wear. Yours has none of those distraction - a very pleasant coin that almost all of us would be proud to own. I'll join NS at VF range. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice purchase! I'm in the VF camp.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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878 Posts |
Wow, very nice surfaces and excellent eye appeal. Congrats on the pickup!
VF35
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great surfaces and color. Very desirable coin. VF-35+ with a shot at a 40.
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Wow, what a beauty ! I'm gonna join the VF35 camp.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Looks like PCGS is aligned with CCF graders. I agree the coin isn't quite at XF details, but the superior surface quality, solid strike, and strong eye appeal put it well above most VF-certified examples I've examined. It's the S-67 variety which I understand is a scarcer die variety. The seller said it came from the Walter Husak collection but it's not attributed as such.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Early coppers are often doomed to knicks and corrosion. This is a top notch example.
I've been working on a lowball date set from 1793-1807 that are true straight grade candidates, no corrosion, scratches, etc. My budget keeps me at G or under for even the common dates, lots of F2-AG3. I've been at it for many many MANY years :) Specimens this nice are rare!
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08/26/2025 08:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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missed this before the reveal I also had it at a nice VF35. love the color. shes a keeper
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Posted 08/23/2025 05:45 am
