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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4604232, member: 101855"]I forget if it was NGC or PCGS who body bagged this 1797 1 over 1 half cent. I think their excuse was "artifical toning." The graders who did that should have stuck to grading Morgan Dollars. They obviously knew nothing about early copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting blundered die. The die maker placed the first "1" in the date too high and then punched it in correctly. Many of the survivors from the this common mintage (by 18th century standards) were struck with badly broken dies and lack much of the major design elements. This piece is a fairly early die state and well struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>The old ANACS graded this VF-35. I'd would say that it is a VF something.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1140409[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4604232, member: 101855"]I forget if it was NGC or PCGS who body bagged this 1797 1 over 1 half cent. I think their excuse was "artifical toning." The graders who did that should have stuck to grading Morgan Dollars. They obviously knew nothing about early copper. This is an interesting blundered die. The die maker placed the first "1" in the date too high and then punched it in correctly. Many of the survivors from the this common mintage (by 18th century standards) were struck with badly broken dies and lack much of the major design elements. This piece is a fairly early die state and well struck. The old ANACS graded this VF-35. I'd would say that it is a VF something. [ATTACH=full]1140408[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1140409[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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