I agree with Mainebill's comments. Should straight grade if submitted.
XF; some of the brown crust on the obverse may be organic matter that would come off in acetone. Worth a try.
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The mintmark looks like the chickenhead variety, beak pointing to 10 O'clock. Thanks for providing good quality photos.
It looks like a decent example, with surface corrosion and a planchet flaw as made. I don't think 200 is out of line. That Fugio has a ton of...
Nice job! I just bought a 70/70 so am about to begin my own little saga.
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Fantastic! Great story.
I was thinking 64 too . Those wide open fields really invite contact marks, but 62 seems harsh to me.
66?
congratulations!
Nice looking proof. Impossible to judge hairlines from photos, so will estimate PR65 to 66.
Yes, that the mint in Phila would send dies to SF without a mintmark would seem to be a major mistake. I've never heard of that happening before.
I only got an error message when I clicked on the link provided. Turns out the coin was posted to a thread over on CU. The general consensus was...
I pulled out my copy of Breen's encylopedia, which still has a lot of useful information, and read that in 1870, the 3$ dies that were sent to the...
thanks for another excellent article, John Milton. My impression is that original examples of the 54-D are very scarce and command high prices....
Hat's off to you early copper guys for sniffing out these varieties in heavily worn and otherwise challenged large cents. I'd probably go blind...
I've rarely seen fakes of common date trade dollars with a lot of wear; usually they have xf or higher details. Now, CC's, that's a whole...
Looks pretty close to the F12 in Coinfacts.
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