Post your lowball varieties!
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I purchased this one from my friend at the local coin shop - an 1876 5c Fs-401 "The Bleeder". This variety has hand-engraved vertical lines in the shield that "bleed" north into the horizontal lines.
Here's what they look like on an UNC:
And here's what mine looks like:
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1848-O V-5 half dime with rotated reverse ("Great but Too Rare for Top 100")
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
And here's my good one... I don't have a non-rotated one...
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
I have so many low grade Shield nickel varieties, they are fun to pick but I have found little to no market for them the handful of times I have tried to sell them. Here is an 1872 with a monster DDO that I can not find listed anywhere:
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Spectacular DDO!
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1874S WB2 (R5) and WB5 (R7)
I missed the close on this WB6 (R6) to replace my other WB6 (2nd photo)
A nice EDS 55/54 in AG
Another in F02
This is low ball for the WB4. The other is a raw XF.
Here's my WB2:
1864 S-4 DDO Indian Head Cent - Only identifiable by the terminal die break on the obverse running through the date, up the neck to the nose then finishing at the rim about 10 o'clock. Only 2 known with this die break. This one and one with enough detail to say it was the DDO! I am holding the coin in this photo, there is no clip, just a shadow.
I guess this s a grind job? 26.7 grams.
Not mine but I worked with it at an auction house. Small Motto 2 Cent piece.
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Not many PCGS VG peace dollars but this one is tied for the lowest graded DDO micro D
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I guess this would be considered a low ball?... Maybe not!
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1942 25c FS-801 DDR
I think that they just wore like that. I've found a couple lincolns that are so worn as to be dateless.
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Low grade 39-D/D quarter: