about F15, wear-wise. Probably polished/cleaned. I'd wait for a better example.
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It's just that proofs are graded by hairlines which can only be seen well by tilting the coin around under a light. A PR61 would have quite a few...
OK not too far off. The second set of photos clinched it for me. Someday I hope to have a proof from the 1873-1878 era.
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PR 62 (the 62 is just a WAG as we all know proofs are graded by hairlines which are very hard to see in static photos). It has the transitional...
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Beautiful coin! I think in upper AU these are a good value . here is my 58: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Yours has a better strike!
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Nice coin, Sallent, I think you chose well. Nice ones from everybody else too. Let me see what I can dig up: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] OOps! post a...
Appreciate the report and input from Publius2!
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Cool tokens and a nice history review.
It's genuine, just cleaned till it screamed. Typical obv strike for a 77Pwith weakness on Liberty's head and stars 5-8.
I'd call it AU details (cleaned/polished). That is an interesting chopmark. I don't know much about these, but there is a chopmarked coins...
Looks like O-105 to me too
Here is an 1874-CC in F15 with the very scarce "small wide cc" mintmark, a rev die used from 1873-1876, with the 75-cc being incredibly rare....
That's a beautiful coin. I am looking for one too, but from the business strike years meaning $$$.
Yep, they're out there. Beware!
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