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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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In particular, I am interested to know if this coin would straight grade with that obverse gouge. On a modern coin, I would say no, but when I look through PCGS TrueView, I see lots of Flying Eagle cents in the Fine to Very Fine grades (and above) with notable circulation scrapes and scratches. It doesn't look cleaned to my eye, but I am just learning vintage copper. Direct Sunlight:    Axial:   Seller Pics:  
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Pillar of the Community
Taiwan
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I think you are fine. The one area you highlighted is in the legend and a non issue IMO. The mark below the eagles tail is in a focal area and even then I think it is a non issue. It appears to be a nice circulated coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This coin would not details but I'd be looking for a steep discount if I were interested. Unless the discount was really steep, I would avoid this coin. It is a shame because the coin is very well and evenly struck which is unusual for these hard copper nickel alloy coins which required hardening of the dies that didn't exist at the time. Still, why buy this coin when better examples can be had?
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
6459 Posts |
I appreciate the grading feedback. I has really helped me to discuss actual coins. The books and online videos are too general to get at the nuances. NS, what is the price of those nicer examples? I paid about $100 for this FEC. The recent sales on ebay show a few specimens sold. There was one PCGS graded F15, but it has a rather large lamination flaw right through the showcase feature. If they were side by side (ignoring the slab), would the market find the lighter coin with the lamination flaw preferable to the dark coin with the minor scrapes? https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nk...H_Complete=1https://www.ebay.com/itm/317165068846
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
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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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10484 Posts |
It should straight grade - I've seen worse on a flying eagle that did.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73688 Posts |
I'm at VF.
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
It's a crapshoot. Historically graders have been pretty loose on these vintage coins. Solid VF in my opinion.
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Moderator
 United States
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I like it for VF. 
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18638 Posts |
VF and imo details (cleaned/scratched) based on the last set of photos
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