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My New 1794 Half Cent... Just back from ANACS.

braddickbraddick Posts: 24,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Ok, so it's got that hole...
I still love the detail and overall appeal of the coin. These usually come corroded and/or damaged/worn to a point the desirability is lost. ANACS agreed with my overall grade (FN12) although I thought it had an ever so slight shot at VF20 details.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bought the coin here.

    peacockcoins

  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    Nice coin, but I would have had the hole filled first, and then I would have submitted it to ANACS.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing wrong with holed bust coins image
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    The color seems better in the auction. Your pictures make it seem that it was harshly cleaned and is a bright, copper color. It is a warm copper like the auction picture, or are your pictures more accurate?

    Tom
    Tom

  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    Holey Moley! 400.00 for a holed coin?

    what would it be worth without the hole?
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,518 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The color seems better in the auction. Your pictures make it seem that it was harshly cleaned and is a bright, copper color. It is a warm copper like the auction picture, or are your pictures more accurate? Tom >>

    The color is closer to my photos although I lightened the copper a bit as it is difficult to shoot through the plastic (unlike raw as in the auction).
    Goose- I'm not sure what they list at problem free, I just know in searching over the last few months I've had a problem finding one in the price range that had detail that is appealing.

    peacockcoins

  • longtimecollectorlongtimecollector Posts: 2,368 ✭
    Why did you have it slabbed ??? Coins like that need to "Be Free" so you can hold them and feel the history !!!!

    One of my greatest numismatic memories was holding my Chain Cent when it was raw....... feeling the weight, imagining the minting room where it was made, wondering where it had been for the last 200+ years........ I still own the coin......... It's entombed now........ and everytime I look at it, I don't imagine anything........ I just remember when I held it !!!!!!! image
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    Seated Halves are my specialty !
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  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


    << <i>Why did you have it slabbed ??? Coins like that need to "Be Free" so you can hold them and feel the history !!!! >>

    image Submit it for authentication if need be... but that crack that beast out image
    -George
    42/92
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coolio,

    I love that kind of modern crap.image
  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would have also had the hole filled, but every collector has their preference.

    Cool coin either way and nice details.
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Holey Moley! 400.00 for a holed coin? >>


    That's cheap based on recent events image

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