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You Never Know What May Turn Up at a Small Show - 1909-O Quarter
Walkerguy21D
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I realize it is not in the best condition, and would likely garner a Genuine if submitted to the host.
I do wish the obverse looked more like the reverse. Looks like it was not stored properly, then someone 'worked' on it, perhaps.
Still, it is a scarce coin in this condition.....searching shows large and small for years has only yielded a couple of VG and VG+ coins
(not counting those in even lower grades). So I was quite surprised to see this in one of the dealer cases a couple weeks ago, thinking
it was probably a sloppy 'D' written on the 2x2 holder, as the 09D is very plentiful. But it was indeed a 1909-O quarter. with a full LIBERTY. Imagine then my surprise when the price quoted was back of Bid for the coin - a date which generally sells for WELL over Bid....and this
was back of VG Bid to boot
So what da ya think, good enough for an album coin?
I do wish the obverse looked more like the reverse. Looks like it was not stored properly, then someone 'worked' on it, perhaps.
Still, it is a scarce coin in this condition.....searching shows large and small for years has only yielded a couple of VG and VG+ coins
(not counting those in even lower grades). So I was quite surprised to see this in one of the dealer cases a couple weeks ago, thinking
it was probably a sloppy 'D' written on the 2x2 holder, as the 09D is very plentiful. But it was indeed a 1909-O quarter. with a full LIBERTY. Imagine then my surprise when the price quoted was back of Bid for the coin - a date which generally sells for WELL over Bid....and this
was back of VG Bid to boot
So what da ya think, good enough for an album coin?
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Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
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<< <i>that's vf 25 right there. It might grade. >>
If you think that coin will grade...let me find coins for you!
<< <i>I don't see why it wouldn't grade >>
Ditto to my last post!
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
Edit to add I sold it to another dealer!
<< <i>So it wouldn't grade because....cleaned? >>
Cleaned as well as corroded on the Obv.
- Jim
VG seems to be a proper details grade for the piece. It is a problem coin and the problem isn't going to go away.
<< <i>At one point that coin was probably nearly all black. It was then burnished/cleaned to show the highlights and remove as much of the black as possible.
VG seems to be a proper details grade for the piece. It is a problem coin and the problem isn't going to go away. >>
The first statement seems to be a logical explanation for the appearance....like I said in the original post, it appears someone worked on it to
clean it up a bit.
And yes, the problem isn't going away. But here's the quandry. Nice ones go for moon money, like this VF25 at Heritage that brought nearly $1300.
http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1189&lotNo=7938
So, I realize a lot of the purists wouldn't touch this coin with a 10 ft pole, but for $80, I wasn't going to pass this dog of a coin up.
Wow, that's a tuffy in that grade, big time. Congrats on finding it for such a deal.
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Hoard the keys.