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Mid-grade Ameri

raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Lot 95 is a Fine-15 S-1 Ameri. in a PCGS holder.
In part, it is described as:

<< <i> Uniformly distributed microporosity, a usual characteristic of early large cents, shows only under a loupe and is completely undisturbing. >>



Yet the photo looks more than a little porous. I wonder if the coin in hand looks better, as is sometimes the case

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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ....make a good filler. image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,584 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have come back to this thread to look at that coin three times and I can't decide whether or not I like it.

    I guess that means I don't.

    Then again, Heritage images are not to be trusted. I wonder what the coin looks like in hand.
  • I do agree that it is "uniformly distributed microporosity" but "completely undisturbing?"
    I think not. It is plainly visible without a glass.
    However, quality early copper is hard to come by, and if I had the money to be the type
    of person that buys a coin of that nature, I would be taking a look at it.

    If that was an AU common date large cent with the same microporosity, it would be in a genuine holder.
  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    That Chain cent is a solid, mid-range VF for details. Since PCGS gave it a net grade of F-15, one must
    assume that they were taking the porosity into account. It is an overall pleasing example that would
    never deserve to be Genuine graded or body bagged, so I have to agree with the grade.

    It would look great in my set, much better than the empty hole there now.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would be happy with one dug from the ground while metal detecting. Cheers, RickO

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