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Wreath Cent PCGS MS 66 RB - images

ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
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  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    I'm trying really hard to not be jealous right now.

    -Amanda

    PS- That's a really nice coin!
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  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    That's one beautiful coin.
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  • ledzep87ledzep87 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭
    WOW! image
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    borderline rb at best, but that's the kinda color i like.
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I probably couldn't even obtain this coin if I offered my house in trade.
  • ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    I would LOVE to own this coin.
  • longtimecollectorlongtimecollector Posts: 2,368 ✭
    You never really "own" a coin like that........ You are only blessed with the chance to be its caretaker for a while image
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  • MercMerc Posts: 1,646 ✭✭
    Was this coin on display at the ANA show last summer in SF? I remember seeing an 1793 cent graded MS66RB in one of the upstairs displays. Looks like a trial piece that was carefully protected over the years.
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  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great color, especially on the obverse, overall a super coin! Only problem is if it's in a set, how it won't blow away the rest of the coins in the set? Anaconda, do you own this coin or are you just appreciating it like the rest of us?

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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>borderline rb at best >>



    I'm sorry, but thats a silly comment and one which I have heard with respect to some colonial coins with a similar amount of red.

    I believe coins like this must be graded on a curve. Any coin of this era with some red remaining MUST be called RB to differentiate it from your average, run-of-the-mill BN unc. Wreath Cent.

    It is not realistic to hold a 1793 Wreath Cent to the same standard as, for example, a Lincoln Cent for RD retention.
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  • critocrito Posts: 1,735 ✭
    Whatever that costs I'm sure it's worth every penny (no pun intended.) image
  • ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    Anaconda, do you own this coin or are you just appreciating it like the rest of us?

    Wish I owned it but I don't, I just appreciate it.
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    I have a brochure printed by Kagin's a few years back in which this coin is pictured, in its slab, sitting with a slew of the greatest Chain and Wreath Cents in existence.

    All the coins are in the same vintage green holders, and the shot includes the MS69 BN Wreath Cent and the SP68 RD Wreath, as well as an MS67 BN Chain Cent and another in 65 BN.

    Perhaps David McCarthy has access to that photo?



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  • RTSRTS Posts: 1,408 ✭
    Nice.
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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭


    << <i>I probably couldn't even obtain this coin if I offered my house in trade. >>



    At least you get to say "probably".
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  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would like to know where that coin originally "turned up." Was it in private collections since the 1790's, or did it show up in England in a bag of foreign "junk" coins? Perhaps it was a family heirloom? In the cornerstone of a New England town hall built in 1793? There has to be an explanation for how it survived in such great condition.
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    It has been held in collector's hands for years and years, as nicely enumerated in this ANR listing.
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  • critocrito Posts: 1,735 ✭
    I'm kind of glad I don't own it, because that fleck of whatever on rev above e in cent would drive me insane to the point of having to crack the coin out to remove it. image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,627 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a great give away!!! Count me in!!! image

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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    Only $207k!!? Hey, I COULD trade my house for it! image
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oooooh!
    Aaaaaaaaah!
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  • MajorDutyMajorDuty Posts: 1,998
    Holy sh..... !

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  • HTubbsHTubbs Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭
    sweet coin!
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    Please enter me in your most excellent giveaway.
  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,344 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I probably couldn't even obtain this coin if I offered my house in trade. >>



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  • AZLARRYAZLARRY Posts: 1,189 ✭✭
    Nothing short of gorgeous, love the hair definition.
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  • mdwoodsmdwoods Posts: 5,557 ✭✭✭
    Our best flowing hair design I think.
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  • coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,319 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isnt there a 69 out there or something crazy like that?

    Great coin snake...

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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    holy friggin smokes.
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Adrian: Thanks for sharing that beautiful lady on the pretty big penny with the rest of us!! The remaining mint red really makes that coin look very special !!

    I'd love to see how well Brandon could image that pretty penny!! image

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  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    Now THAT'S a coin! A true treasure.



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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm kind of glad I don't own it, because that fleck of whatever on rev above e in cent would drive me insane to the point of having to crack the coin out to remove it. >>


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    << <i>Any coin of this era with some red remaining MUST be called RB to differentiate it from your average, run-of-the-mill BN unc. Wreath Cent. >>


    Yep! It's amazing the coin isn't as black as coal considering it's age!

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  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    holy cow!
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,549 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Based on the photos, there appears to be a slight touch of wear on the highest points of both the obverse and reverse. A beautiful coin, regardless.
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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks! a pleasure to view .

    Al
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Based on the photos, there appears to be a slight touch of wear on the highest points of both the obverse and reverse. A beautiful coin, regardless. >>



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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>slight touch of wear on the highest points >>


    I believe this known as cabinet friction. Of course it might just be a touch of strike weakness which is forgivable when one considers the primary source of power during this time was horse and harness.
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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    I love that !!! image
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  • karpman9karpman9 Posts: 310 ✭✭
    Sure enough, my heart skipped a beat!

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  • WhizzardWhizzard Posts: 955
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    What do you think, Mr. Bigglesworth?
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  • joecheckjoecheck Posts: 533
    Trade ya!

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  • SUPERCARCOINSSUPERCARCOINS Posts: 1,152
    ...........not really R&B ?

    wear on the high points ??

    ...........who you guy`s crappin` ???

    thats one of the most increadable cents in all of numismatics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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