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JCMhouston · October 18, 2008 9:36AM

I've always liked this obverse design, the Sower, and picked this one up on the bay for $8, not so bad, It's a 1918 in PCGS 64. It has a nice crusty look, some gold, blue and dark grey around the edges.

Hyperion · October 18, 2008 10:45AM

love the design...

64 !??!

newsman · October 18, 2008 1:46PM

It looks like they saw strike weakness on the sower's left leg where others might see wear.

JCMhouston · October 19, 2008 1:14AM

If you look at the hair and leg on the obverse, and the leaves on the reverse, the luster is uninterrupted, just not fully struck.

spoon · October 19, 2008 2:52AM

I agree, nice coin, somewhat weak strike.

If you like that design, you might also like the Romanian sower:

JCMhouston · October 19, 2008 5:10AM

Darn it spoon, now I have to look for one of those.

spoon · October 19, 2008 6:14AM

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