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rhedden

This common date 1847 Seated dollar (PCGS XF45) popped up on eBay this afternoon, and I bought it after a few minutes of studying auction prices. I probably paid right about what it would bring in a Heritage auction, and it's a very common date, so it's not like I bought it because it was underpriced. Nearly all Seated dollars from the 1840s are missing their original skin, even if they are gradable. In my judgment, this one is in the top 10% for originality. Perhaps I will be wrong and find some faint hairlines when I receive it, but after looking at dozens of this date in the Heritage archives, I really came to appreciate the skin on this coin and its freedom of distracting marks in the fields. So what do you think- do you like the look, or does anything jump out at you that would make you say "pass"?