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New to this forum and what would grade this 1855-s seated half as?  *** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! *** |
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Rest in Peace
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I can't tell from the pics, but at least EF-45, probably AU+. I'd need a reverse pictures. On these coins, WATCH OUT for reengraving...it's really common on S mints because I think a lot were worn out, so earlier collectors tried to buff them up by reengraving the details.
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Oh I forgot to say but found this with a metal detector.
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Rest in Peace
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You found this with a METAL DETECTOR?
Wow.
The back picture makes me think it has some problems (don't know if its just the lighting though), but without reengraving its worth a LOT of money. I would get it slabbed.
Edited by coinguybrian
01/09/2010 6:38 pm
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 to the community, That is some lucky find with a metal detector. The picture are a bit small, but from what I can make out I would grade it at least AU-50. Red Book lists it at $7K. Excellent find. |
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I'd say AU |
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  Great find! |
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Ditto! Rare, valuable, fantastic find, submission to a third party grader mandatory! You might want to have NCS do a conservation on this one. They could possibly arrest any corrosion process that might be starting off on this detector find. Assuming they find some problem they would then give it a details grade and put it in their holder. I really don't see any obvious problems in your photos so maybe you'll luck out and it would end up in a no-problem NGC holder. So, can you describe the circumstances of your find? I sure wish I could make my metal detector pay off like this!  |
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Thanks for all the INFO . I was just lucky to find the coin. A few years a go I found a cache that had 80 half, 18 quarters , 1 dime, 5 reals ( all difference dates) from 1843 to 1877. And all most all the coins look like this one. And had some good dates and a lot of errors in the coin.
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 with all the above! NICE find!! Congratulations! (I also like the other find you described! WOW!) I admit to being just a little.. |
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