1888/7 Cent

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ldhair
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Posting this for a friend. These are his best images.


Larry

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  • Paradisefound
    Paradisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A beauty <3

  • RogerB
    RogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice. What's at immediate left of the last 8?

  • ldhair
    ldhair Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm wondering the same. There are several things about the 8 that I can't match to known examples of the variety.

    Larry

  • ldhair
    ldhair Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @EagleEye Any thoughts Rick.

    Larry

  • tradedollarnut
    tradedollarnut Posts: 20,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I’m still not convinced

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  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :) !!!

    Timbuk3
  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If you still have to wonder about it ... is it really worth bothering with? If you still have to wonder about it ... is it worth paying a premium to have it?

    All glory is fleeting.
  • ldhair
    ldhair Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm not even thinking of buying it. I would like to be able to tell the owner if it's real.

    Larry

  • lkenefic
    lkenefic Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Look at the bottom of the 8 in the OP... opposite of where the arrows are pointing.

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  • ricko
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    No doubt the 8 is over something... and perhaps it is a 7...I just think there would be more of the 7 showing inside the 8... and that could be totally wrong due to the digit placement... I look forward to hearing the backstory FTB. Cheers, RickO

  • Insider2
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    This is the overdate and one of the nicest I've ever seen! The rim break over the "ED" easily confirms the variety.

    Buy it.

  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @FadeToBlack said:
    The backstory on the coin is worth a laugh, and I was hoping to share it with the forum after slabbing so I could tell the whole story. Maybe I'll still get to do that.

    whatever it is, congratz on a knockout coin!
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  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,152 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Had to look this up since I don't know Indian cents very well. Wow!

    Collector, occasional seller

  • Thunderproof
    Thunderproof Posts: 40 ✭✭✭
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    The cud next to "TE" in UNITED is the telltale sign. I believe it is on all known examples.

  • 291fifth
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    @Insider2 said:
    This is the overdate and one of the nicest I've ever seen! The rim break over the "ED" easily confirms the variety.

    Buy it.

    If that is "one of the nicest" then it is a variety I would ignore. I have never been impressed by the 1888/7, if that, in fact, is what it is.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • jesbroken
    jesbroken Posts: 11,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It sure looks right to me. Congrats early FTB. Look forward to your pics.
    Jim


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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like that!

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  • koynekwest
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    @291fifth said:

    @Insider2 said:
    This is the overdate and one of the nicest I've ever seen! The rim break over the "ED" easily confirms the variety.

    Buy it.

    If that is "one of the nicest" then it is a variety I would ignore. I have never been impressed by the 1888/7, if that, in fact, is what it is.

    I agree. It's quite rare but it's not much of an overdate IMHO.

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  • COINS MAKE CENTS
    COINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's a shame. It's a really nice looking coin

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    HAPPY COLLECTING


  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,152 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What happened @FadeToBlack ?

    Collector, occasional seller

  • Crypto
    Crypto Posts: 4,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a hell of a coin

    11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set

  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @291fifth said: "If that is "one of the nicest" then it is a variety I would ignore."

    LOL, that leaves more for the rest of us. This is one of the coin's that only a numismatist or Indian cent specialist could love. They are still to be found because even when one is shoved into the face (including all the diagnostics) of those claiming to be dealers...

    Do you own or deal in 3-legged buffalo's? Now, those polishing errors are really worth collecting! :p

  • tradedollarnut
    tradedollarnut Posts: 20,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1) edit your post
    2) I don’t think it’s an overdate in general
    3) life happens. Don’t sweat it

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  • DMWJR
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    @Lakesammman said:
    Looks legit to me.

    He's the expert. Looks like a later die state.

    Doug
  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Insider2 said:
    @291fifth said: "If that is "one of the nicest" then it is a variety I would ignore."

    LOL, that leaves more for the rest of us. This is one of the coin's that only a numismatist or Indian cent specialist could love. They are still to be found because even when one is shoved into the face (including all the diagnostics) of those claiming to be dealers...

    Do you own or deal in 3-legged buffalo's? Now, those polishing errors are really worth collecting! :p

    I have never had any interest in the 3-legged Buffalo's. Even when I first started collecting in 1961 I considered the idea of paying big premiums for polishing errors to be stupid, even though there was a space in the albums for them.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • seanq
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    @Insider2 said:
    This is the overdate and one of the nicest I've ever seen! The rim break over the "ED" easily confirms the variety.

    Buy it.

    What he said. Sorry that it sounds like no deal is happening.

    Sean Reynolds

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  • CRH4LIFE
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    @Insider2 said:
    This is the overdate and one of the nicest I've ever seen! The rim break over the "ED" easily confirms the variety.

    Buy it.

    Agreed

  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's life
    What's life?
    A magazine
    How much does it cost?
    A quarter
    But I only have a dime
    That's life.

    Peace Roy

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  • Moldnut
    Moldnut Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭✭
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    I’m not saying rip people off, but I can never understand why people post their potential purchases on here before there time,

    Derek

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  • jughead1893
    jughead1893 Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe this happened.Hey dad,I found this coin,looks just like this picture.I think its worth$10k.I'm sending it to a guy I met online.

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