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[R__Rash]

 

Edited December 18, 2023 by R__Rash

[rrantique]

[lkenefic2]

Thoughts, opinions, comments welcome. Newp 1839 N11 Booby Head...

[ldhair]

[rrantique]

[powermad5000]

[R__Rash]

[rrantique]

 

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by rrantique

[ldhair]

[powermad5000]

I was really surprised despite the cleaning, one with this much detail got AU details. The eagle has full feathers and the reverse wheat ears are almost fully showing.

[Coinbuf]

[Rod D.]

[powermad5000]

[rrantique]

[rrantique]

[powermad5000]

I didn't know what I have here. I just did a look. Turns out for this variety, NGC has only straight graded 2 of these in BN. None straight graded in RB or RD. And I have the only 1 in the details census. I guess this variety is really not common.

 

Edited December 29, 2023 by powermad5000

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[powermad5000]

[robec1347]

[Rod D.]

Spent the day trying to photograph coins in my collection that don’t have NGC photos. 

[powermad5000]

[Henri Charriere]

On 1/12/2024 at 2:53 PM, powermad5000 said:

What I see @8:00 is a snub-nosed prong where the "rubber is supposed to meet the road," in a manner of speaking.  What is a "curved clip" supposed to look like? [Forgive me as I am a Newbie with only 60 years in the hobby.]  🤣

[robec1347]

[ldhair]

[Henri Charriere]

On 1/12/2024 at 5:26 PM, robec1347 said:

🐓:  Hey Q, this is a thread you can leave comments on!

Q.A.:  Good!  I feel our colleague here has been dealt a low blow. This coin is nearly 100 years old and bears an old certification number. It even retains much of its original mint luster!  The BN designation, while fair with the rare d-d cent that directly precedes it, doesn't do this coin, which is clearly RB, justice. My    

Edited January 12 by Henri Charriere
Die-polishing

[powermad5000]

On 1/12/2024 at 2:19 PM, Henri Charriere said:

What I see @8:00 is a snub-nosed prong where the "rubber is supposed to meet the road," in a manner of speaking.  What is a "curved clip" supposed to look like?

Scroll up right here on this page and you will see a 1960 cent of mine that has a more pronounced curved clip (as well as a second minor clip). 

[robec1347]

[Coinbuf]

[robec1347]

Haven’t received it yet…….I hope it looks as nice as the picture. 
 

[leeg]

SUPER coins throughout this thread!!!