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The obverse is sharper, the reverse weaker, as always on this die combination. The date is gone, lost in fine planchet striations, but everything els

Glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown on the devices. Looks perfectly smooth but there is microscopic roughness under the glossy toning. Just a

Sharper but both sides show fine roughness mixed with natural planchet striations, especially on the reverse. The highpoints are smooth. No contact

Glossy light olive with a few coppery highpoints on the reverse. Smooth except for a thin planchet fissure on both sides (as struck). Otherwise choi

Struck on a large planchet. Sharpness near VF20, especially on the reverse, but covered with fine roughness under glossy dark chocolate brown toning.

Struck on a large planchet. Sharpness near VF20 but there is an irregular planchet void in the center of the obverse and the planchet is covered with

Sharpness VF20 but covered with fine roughness. No verdigris and the only mark is a tiny rim bruise right of the date. Slightly glossy dark olive br

Sharpness VF25 but dark and covered with fine to moderate roughness. No marks or verdigris. Rather glossy dark olive brown and steel, nearly black.

Dark olive brown and chocolate with steel overtones. Both sides show small planchet flakes and microscopic granularity but the details are sharp and

Sharper but rough and banged up a bit with a couple dull dents in the center of the obverse. The date and most of the legends are readable. Partly g

Lustrous mint red. Double struck showing two complete dates. "COPY" is clearly stamped into the top of the shield. A beautiful hole fil...

Glossy chocolate brown and steel with almost perfectly smooth surfaces. Just a few small planchet voids, much better planchet quality than usually se

Slightly glossy dark olive with lighter olive on the devices. Covered with very fine granularity and there are several planchet voids, strongest at t

Slightly glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with lighter brown on the devices. Reasonably smooth but a glass reveals very fine roughness in the fi

Glossy light brown on the devices, dark olive brown elsewhere. There are a half dozen obvious planchet chips, mostly on the portrait, and minor rough

Ten points sharper but covered with fine roughness, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris, just minor contact marks. Slightly glossy olive brown an

Sharper but there is an "X" scratched across the portrait. Reasonably smooth but there is very fine roughness under the glossy toning, st...

Sharpness VF20 but covered with fine roughness mixed with small digs and fine scratches. All the marks are old and blended into the olive brown and s

Considerably sharper, close to VF25, but there is a collection of deep scratches at the face and cheek and the planchet is covered with fine to modera

Glossy steel brown and chocolate. Mostly smooth but there are roughened areas on the neck and at VER. No verdigris or notable contact marks. The bo