Newp/GTG: 1853 half cent

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lordmarcovan
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  • jesbroken
    jesbroken Posts: 11,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like it. Congrats.
    Jim


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  • [Deleted User]
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    That is a beautiful half cent.
    I would like to guess that it's a 64.

  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,868 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like it was put in a collection right from the mint. Were there any original rolls of those?

  • RLSnapper
    RLSnapper Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well struck half cent. Radials full in every star. Clean cheek and fields. I guess MS65BN.

  • Walkerguy21D
    Walkerguy21D Posts: 12,165 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MS62

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  • dsessom
    dsessom Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MS63BN. It's hard to find fully struck examples like that, so my grade guess may be too harsh.

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  • lkenefic
    lkenefic Posts: 9,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Banger strike... I'll say MS63BN too...

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a really great Half Cent... My guess will be MS64. Cheers, RickO

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's a real nice coin!

  • gumby1234
    gumby1234 Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I will guess 55. Looks to be a bit of wear and from the photos it doesn't appear very lustrous. Nice looking coin.

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  • Shane6596
    Shane6596 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MS63

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  • Batman23
    Batman23 Posts: 5,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    She looks nice. I'll guess MS64BN.

  • marcmoish
    marcmoish Posts: 6,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm in the minority this time, 55 to me.

    Nice clean pickup!

  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @marcmoish said:
    I'm in the minority this time, 55 to me.

    Nice clean pickup!

    The obverse does not appear to have enough luster for the Mint Stats grades.

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  • NumisOxide
    NumisOxide Posts: 11,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    MS62

    Nice one!

  • kirkmink
    kirkmink Posts: 196 ✭✭✭✭
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    I am not seeing this as un-circulated like many here. Surfaces look to have been cleaned at some point with some toning remaining in the edges of the devices. I am going to say AU Details (Net 53).

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  • mannie gray
    mannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    63+ BN

  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 11, 2023 11:08AM
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    Compare to this.


    NGC graded this MS-62, Brown. Back in the mid 1960s, I bought this from the coin department in Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia as a VF. :o

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  • marcmoish
    marcmoish Posts: 6,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Must be well graded if beaned too

    I went by the obverse scan , glad for you it is, what it is. Cool!

  • dsessom
    dsessom Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I guess I'm not as crap of a grader as I thought. Early copper is tough for me, but not as tough as Buffalo nickels. LOL

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  • Jimsokay
    Jimsokay Posts: 119 ✭✭✭
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    @BillJones said:
    Compare to this.


    NGC graded this MS-62, Brown. Back in the mid 1960s, I bought this from the coin department in Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia as a VF. :o

    At times I find it amazing how coins graded at different times. Yours is a perfect example.

  • TPRC
    TPRC Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    fWIW, my original grade was 58; however, when I looked at it again, I could not see any wear, so I was settling on 63bn. Fully original to my eye.

    Tom

  • hchcoin
    hchcoin Posts: 4,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very nice

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