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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 701943, member: 9270&quot;]I was in the market for a Liberty Cap half cent in VF/XF.</p><p>Since it was for my type set I was looking for the least expensive date/variety.</p><p>The 1795&#039;s looked to be the right coins.</p><p>I went to a nationally known dealer and he brought out 12-15 raw 1795&#039;s.</p><p>They really looked good ... until you looked at the reverse.</p><p>On <u>all</u> of them the words HALF/CENT were essentially non-existent.</p><p>If I hadn&#039;t known I was looking at half cents I wouldn&#039;t have know what the denomination was.</p><p><b>BUT</b> many of them would have graded XF.</p><p>Apparently strike is not NEARLY as important on early coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>At the Philly show I visited him again and he showed me a raw 1795 Lettered Edge half cent, a different variety than I was looking at before.</p><p>Fully struck on both sides.</p><p>I bought it with the provision that it slabs at least VF-35.</p><p>It&#039;s now in to PCGS for grading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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