When a major upgrade is Good to VF

shylock

Neither of these are beauty queens but to an Indian cent collector the bottom coin's a nice upgrade. Both are very rare 1870 "0 in denticles" S5's, the major MPD in denticles of this series that doesn't require a microscope to appreciate. The upgraded example on top is the ex Larry Steve ANACS G8, the bottom coin a raw VF (courtesy of an Ebay buyer who beat me out to an XF one). One AU and one MS63 example are known to exist, would love to see either of those. Anyone here own them?

BigE

Wow, thats neat! One thing about those is how did they ever stamp the date that low?---BigE

Cam40

Are these known to have weak strikes?
The better one especially looks to have an odd wear pattern. Or not a `normal` wear pattern.
Or is it.... a normal wear pattern........

shylock

Cam - they're known to be pretty rough looking all around, as well as for the die crack through the date. The better one may be closer to F on the obverse with an XF reverse, but is overall much crisper in the focal date area.

BigE - actually what makes this so unique is how high the MPD is stamped, usually they're buried in the denticles. Go figure!