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cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭
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Thoughts on a technical grade?

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I won't ask about "eye appeal," as the example has obviously been cleaned. image

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    rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU details / cleaned. I think I can see hairlines on the obverse. The color is not deep enough for my tastes. That being said, I have always wanted to own an 1854-S gold coin. There are no 1854-S silver coins of any denomination.

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    jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    au details ,

    too bad it wasn't the $5
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    sniocsusniocsu Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭
    AU détails
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,732 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Agreed AU Details.

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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>too bad it wasn't the $5 >>

    Agreed! Only (3) known to exist!
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    CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,257 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>too bad it wasn't the $5 >>

    Agreed! Only (3) known to exist! >>





    well this is a 10....trade it for two 5's....... image

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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>well this is a 10....trade it for two 5's....... image >>

    Heck, I'd even settle for four 1854-S QEs! image
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,804 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AU cleaned. Pass.

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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love the date, and for $1100 or so, I would be a buyer.

    Here's mine--

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    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
    xf details. cleaned, damaged.

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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I love the date, and for $1100 or so, I would be a buyer.

    Here's mine-- >>

    Beautiful example, Robert... thanks for sharing! image

    How does $998.75 sound for my example?
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    cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>xf details. cleaned, damaged. >>

    Just curious, where do you see the damage? Perhaps the dig on Miss Liberty's cheek?
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    RodebaughRodebaugh Posts: 304 ✭✭✭
    AU Details. Cleaned but still attractive.
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    stevebensteveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>xf details. cleaned, damaged. >>

    Just curious, where do you see the damage? Perhaps the dig on Miss Liberty's cheek? >>



    yes. i think that it's big enough to where i would consider it damaged. but, that's just my opinion.
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    rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the cheek hit is par for the course for a mid 19th century, west coast $10 gold coin. Heavy coins, soft metal, brutal lives riding around on horseback out west....




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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I love the date, and for $1100 or so, I would be a buyer.

    Here's mine-- >>

    Beautiful example, Robert... thanks for sharing! image

    How does $998.75 sound for my example? >>



    I would buy it for under $1000. It is more interesting to me than the similarly priced Canadian hoard coins (as a comp).

    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    EF 40, cleaned.

    RYK's is beautiful!
    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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