For grins, this 1d. is on it's way to NGC . . . .
MacCrimmon
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. . . . what's your guess on how they will grade it (numerical and colour)? Or, will they bodybag it?
It's pretty much as you see, except the lustre is 2-3 times more intense; any marks are as seen; light chatter in the fields; no hairlines of import.
Winner(s) get bragging rights.........
It's pretty much as you see, except the lustre is 2-3 times more intense; any marks are as seen; light chatter in the fields; no hairlines of import.
Winner(s) get bragging rights.........
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Don
What's happenin' on either side of Britannia's left arm holding the trident, there? Hairlines, or little die breaks?
Why do you think that would bodybag, Don?
It's a gorgeous coin.
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'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
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CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
Maybe not on politics or football teams, but we both agree that you're old and that getting old sucks.
<< <i>What's happenin' on either side of Britannia's left arm holding the trident, there? Hairlines, or little die breaks? >>
To the left of the trident it is a series of die breaks, not unlike the pattern of some Pacific atolls, strung out into the ocean. To the right are some fine marks in the fields.
As to the colour, this is a near dead-on match to the 1837 N13 which I sold last year which was a former Naftzger cent, with his notation on the envelope (from 1964) of sea green and bronze. PCGS foolishly BB'd that cent and NGC placed in a 65BN holder....twas a 66 coin if ever there was, but who said the TPGs knew anything, right?
Given the surface quality and the superb cartwheel lustre, I would tend to price it as a MS64BN, of course, it's not really brown. We'll see in a month or so, I s'pose.
Another note: the die sinker appears to have had a bit of ale before punching the date as there is a "1" under the "6". It was evidently lightly punched and then polished out a bit before finishing the "6". However, it could also be an errant die gouge in just the right place.
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