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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Need help to grade this 204 year old coin.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7194 Posts |
Something does not look right to me on this coin. It has clear distinct brow hair yey the clasp and hair at the neck are showing wear. Similar issues (to me) on the reverse too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
642 Posts |
XF-45 in my opinion. Only issue might be the ding on Liberty's neck. Overall a great coin! I love this design. It looks to be a worn die by the slight Cud on the reverse by 50C, also the 'sliding' words on the reverse. This accounts for uneven wear. Edited by rjkingston
05/30/2011 7:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep maybe 49/70, looks a little better than EF but not quite AU
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7194 Posts |
I noticed the worn die via the lettering but did not know that that would show uneven wear points. Thanks for a grading tip.
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Moderator
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I agree with XF45
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
NICE example of a rare (re:expensive) coin!!  I grade this an EF-40. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
870 Posts |
This is a gorgeous coin! I've never seen denticles like that... Also the 5 in 50 C. and the E in E Pluribus Unum and the 8 and 0 in the date... It'd be great to get some more serious half collectors to look at this one and give us an Overton Number! =)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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is this a O-112? I have no idea just guessing because I saw another one that looks similar and it said it was an O-112. it says the O-112 is 50/20 so not sure if this is what this is or not
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Pillar of the Community
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558 Posts |
Yea it shows some similarities to the photo from PCGS Coinfacts:  But mine looks a little different:  |
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United States
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Wow. What an absolutely terminal die state. O-112, because O-111 (sharing the same reverse) wouldn't show that much die wear. I feel the die wear must be taken into account when grading a coin; this coin, to me, is consistent with two PCGS AU53's recently auctioned by Heritage, coins whose die wear was equally terminal.
AU53, then. Value something north of $2300, depending on opinion of the ding at 11:00 in the obverse denticles.
What a heck of a coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I can't believe I got that correct with just the small amount of research I did on the coin. I have to be honest when I first saw the coin my first thought was counterfeit because something about the design looked weird to me. So I hit the internet looking for other halves of this date and saw it did look correct and that is when I tried to see if I could match the Overton number
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I too believe this coin is better than XF; its a worn die high grade coin. Where did you get this?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
558 Posts |
I bought this many years ago from a local coin dealer.  I can't even remember what I paid for it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At a glance I was thinking XF40. This due to the flat tops of the Hair and stars on the Obv, and the Wings, head and feet of the Rev. With a late die state in mind, to me Obv says AU, but the Rev says XF45. Could be AU in hand if it is a late die state coin, but I would have to have it in hand. My address is 145 5th S......  Very nice coin though. I know I'm jealous.  |
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Posted 05/30/2011 6:29 pm
