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 Posted 05/19/2010  7:26 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jprine to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My latest for my 7070; thoughts on grade? It really looks better in hand than in the pics; lots of luster, no marks.
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 Posted 05/19/2010  8:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice coin jprine ..... the Mayflower sailing on the rough seas of the Atlantic is IMHO one of the all-time classic US coinage images.

My comments on your coin ..... please accept them from a beginner still learning .....

It appears from the photos to be weakly struck on the reverse .... most well-struck coins I've encountered show full rigging in the sails. The deepest portion of the die for this coin is the stern of Mayflower ...... and that appears to be fully-struck in your photo ..... so perhaps I am just not seeing the rigging as a result of the ... uhhhmmm .... photographic skills?

I am concerned about the coin having been cleaned .... more likely dipped .... in the past.

Evidence of this is best seen in the obverse photo .... the fields are clean and bright whereby the spaces between "United" show an original surface much different than the fields.

I would give this a technical grade of MS-64 ..... and IMHO a TPG would return it to you as "Details-Cleaned".

I still say lovely coin .... and a great addition to any 7070.

HTH

David

Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art
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 Posted 05/19/2010  9:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rigoletto to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice. I just finished all my commemmorative halves for my type set book not long ago myself. It feels good to fill the holes. :)
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 Posted 05/19/2010  9:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice coin .. I have one of these in my 7070 also.

I can understand how hard it is to get the picture to show what the coin is really like. I think I can see how your coin still shows luster.

Here is mine.



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 Posted 05/22/2010  11:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TDColl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I really like this design. I'm still waiting for one with some toning that accentuates the devices.
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