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1853 A&R 25c CircCam newp- I shall call her "Black Beauty"

lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Mmm. Dark n' crusty in all the right ways, if you ask me. Common date, modest grade, but still... sweet.


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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I always liked silver coins with that look but found that the "market" did not. I wonder if that attitude has changed in recent years?

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    I always liked silver coins with that look but found that the "market" did not. I wonder if that attitude has changed in recent years?

    It's gradually shifting, perhaps, but still only imperceptibly so.

    Which is fine by me. I paid a modest premium for this one ($30 over PCGS trend price, i.e., $150 instead of $120 in this case), but if and when original CircCams ever heat up to the point where other folks start paying 2x, 3x premiums and beyond, I'm out.

    I'll pay a fraction of a coin's published value as a premium for something I want, but almost never will I pay multiples of a coin's market value.


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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    GTG if you so desire.

    You can then check your work here. (Open-book test.)

    https://www.pcgs.com/cert/38640485


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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I really like this coin!

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,417 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very attractive contrast

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,321 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Au 53?

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    Au 53?

    Switch those digits around. ;)


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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 12, 2020 5:33AM

    A coin like this has more appeal to me than a 64.

    Really?? the top two are MS64's from CoinFacts.


    here is the OP coin, nice for what it is, but you really prefer it over the other two?? I find that perplexing.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin LordM....has the circcam look...I must say I prefer the top one in the above post (bright 64)....but yours has the look of commerce. Cheers, RickO

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,628 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like it. More appealing that the crusty one I have in a similar grade.

  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,863 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really cool coin & nice to see you @lordmarcovan.

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I grade it beautiful in my eye. Too many hints at the grade have been given to make a guess really a guess, because I feel confident that I know the answer.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,321 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lordmarcovan said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    Au 53?

    Switch those digits around. ;)

    Ok this makes sense

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice one, Rob! :)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 12, 2020 12:15PM

    I'd rather have the untoned MS64 myself, but I know what @mannie gray meant. At least aesthetically, not monetarily.

    I have the same sort of weird affection for nicely circulated Morgans and Walkers, whereby a really nice grey circ can strangely be more appealing to me than a blast-white MS63-64 example.

    Each has their appeal, but in terms of bang for the buck, I like the PQ circs more than the BU coins. At least for certain series. Merc dimes. Walkers. Morgans.

    It's just a different kind of eye appeal, is all.


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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wonderful coin, Rob. I just bought one here on the PCGS boards & it arrived recently.

  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At least aesthetically, not monetarily.

    I know what he means, also, which is why it's puzzling. while I "get" the circ-cam look and appeal I cannot rationalize the thinking which says it looks more appealing than the MS64 coin.

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @keets said:
    At least aesthetically, not monetarily.

    I know what he means, also, which is why it's puzzling. while I "get" the circ-cam look and appeal I cannot rationalize the thinking which says it looks more appealing than the MS64 coin.

    Dif'rent strokes fer dif'rent folks, I reckon. We all have quirks like that. I happen to share that particular one.

    (Though in this particular case, with the white MS64 vs my blackish VF35, I'd say I like both almost equally, for entirely different reasons. Monetary value aside, of course.)


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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lordmarcovan said:

    @keets said:
    At least aesthetically, not monetarily.

    I know what he means, also, which is why it's puzzling. while I "get" the circ-cam look and appeal I cannot rationalize the thinking which says it looks more appealing than the MS64 coin.

    Dif'rent strokes fer dif'rent folks, I reckon. We all have quirks like that. I happen to share that particular one.

    (Though in this particular case, with the white MS64 vs my blackish VF35, I'd say I like both almost equally, for entirely different reasons. Monetary value aside, of course.)

    I totally agree and know exactly what you mean. It's like those Bust coins in 66 & 67...…….I much prefer a XF45 on that type of coin.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well that crusty critter sure pops better in the true views than those MS64's.

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lord M: those would compliment my dollar:

    Send them to me. >:)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    Lord M: those would compliment my dollar:

    Send them to me. >:)

    That one resembles an 1847 I once had...


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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s nice! Must be from a while ago, I don’t remember that one. :)

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah, it's been a while. Been a while since I owned any Seated or Trade dollars at all.


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  • jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Practically Perfect!

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd be happy owning that.

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