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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2362 Posts |
Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7621 Posts |
VF 30 and I am clueless as to variety attributions.. Nice coin though!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74354 Posts |
Not sure of the variety, but I know that it'll grade at VF. Nice purchase!  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
VF 20
Nice piece of early American numismatic history !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5672 Posts |
Only one variety that year, so O-101. I'd say VF-25, perhaps a bit weaker on the reverse. Nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7042 Posts |
Nice Christmas present to yourself....now to start looking for a Birthday gift..  Obverse puts it at 30 to me....wondering if the rev knocked it down, but I'll stay at 30. |
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 United States
15446 Posts |
Lovely piece of USA numismatic history. I'll go VF35. No clue on the attribution.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1775 Posts |
This is a tough one. Seems like a strong VF to me, VF-35
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2362 Posts |
Thanks for your opinions on grade. Zurie solved my 'trick question' about the variety O-101 because the mintage was only about 29,000 and there was one obverse and one reverse. I liked the coin because the surfaces were smooth and the obverse seemed to be higher than the overall grade of VF20 at PCGS. As many of you noted, the reverse was weaker and probably brought down the grade.  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11896 Posts |
Nice looking coin. Congratulations! 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
1048 Posts |
Pretty conservative grade. There are often weak spots on early halves, especially on the reverse pluribus, even on mint state coins. The planchets just weren't all that consistent and the dies wore out quickly. Wear becomes more obvious with a poor strike, but TPGs used to compensate for that. At least VF25 would seem right to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18673 Posts |
missed this one but I had her at a Very nice clean example of a VF20. nice pickup
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1775 Posts |
I will stick to my assessment, and I believe it is undergraded.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
British grading not recognized for American coins
But it was:
vG
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