Nothing is wrong with this coin from what I can see. Despite the grace of Ms. Liberty’s figure, her face on the no stars dimes and half dimes was rather strange looking. Perhaps Gobrecht was the opposite of the Gilbert Stuart who painted the portrait of Washington that appears on the one dollar bill.
Stuart was great at painting faces, but when he got below the shoulders sometimes he got into trouble. Perhaps Gobrecht was great with the human body but had trouble with faces, especially on the smaller coins. The Ms. Liberty on his dollar had an attractive face.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Yes, this coin is a business strike, and I think it was cleaned with baking soda years ago. The accounts for the many hairlines in the fields. Still I'd give it an EF just has the consignor has done.
BTW the No Stars dime is many times scarcer than the No Stars half dime in EF or better.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
Once harshly cleaned and retoned somewhat since. Certainly no original coin unless you consider it "untouched" since it's last cleaning. VF35 in my opinion and net graded lower. Not that hard to find in any grade one desires. Plenty of UNC's around too.
Is it possible that someone years ago decided to dress the coin up a little bit and intentionally drilled a small hole or something to "give" Ms. Liberty an eyeball? It's placement seems to me to be too perfect on such a nice coin to be a random piece of dirt.
She looks like she has mumps and her eyeball is fixin to pop out of her head. I see small scratches. Possible cleaning. The only eBay coin I ever returned was to that seller.
Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW... 1st, his grading is way off... I would call that a VF35. 2ndly, he/she does not disclose the problems w/ the coin, ie cleaned, and pitted and just srtaight up nasty! Now there is one thing going for the coin, atleast for me, it has a later die state crack on her rim at 5o'clock that I would be interested in, but not for that price. Id pass on the piece
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Barry, Im not sure if your the same Barry im thinking of, but... If this is the one and only Barry... Hello Also, I saw your 74-cc for sale? upgrade? or find a lower grade problem free piece?
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That black spot for an eyeball is probably dirt.
Ray
Overall, I like it.
Stuart was great at painting faces, but when he got below the shoulders sometimes he got into trouble. Perhaps Gobrecht was great with the human body but had trouble with faces, especially on the smaller coins. The Ms. Liberty on his dollar had an attractive face.
K S
BTW the No Stars dime is many times scarcer than the No Stars half dime in EF or better.
roadrunner
Is it possible that someone years ago decided to dress the coin up a little bit and intentionally drilled a small hole or something to "give" Ms. Liberty an eyeball? It's placement seems to me to be too perfect on such a nice coin to be a random piece of dirt.
this coin to me is a PASS
sincerely michael
The only eBay coin I ever returned was to that seller.
follow your instincts. When in doubt, PASS.
Tomorrow will bring another and perhaps
better example of the coin you want.
Camelot
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Long time, no talk... I certainly did pass on it.
Im not sure if your the same Barry im thinking of, but... If this is the one and only Barry... Hello
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