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Pillar of the Community
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the luster is muted in the fields, which usually means some circulation  AU-58 . . very nice |
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Valued Member
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Canada
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US gold coin is getting popular these days~
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This has got to be the most variation in a coin grading post ever on CCF! Yay!  I'm a grading noob, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I had it pegged at AU 50 - 53. I thought I saw wear on the bangs of her hair, thus my opinion. That said, gold is so blasted soft, that the coin might have never seen circulation, yet has gotten this wear just from movement in storage. Rather a complicated issue, I think. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, seems like I confused the issue with my prior post. There is NO wear on crown, her hair, nor on the eagle's wings. It was the lighting, I'm sure. |
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United States
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Lighting doesn't account for 'dullness' in the fields, though. It may be a higher AU at least.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So there may be no wear, but lack of luster would drop it to AU?
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Luster is present in protected areas around letters and muted or missing in the open fields. This pattern is typical for a lightly-circulated coin. Based on the apparent amount of luster remaining this is at best an AU-55. It's a solid and desirable classic USA gold coin, but MS? No way.
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Its hard to say exactly without seeing the coin in real life. Personally, something makes me think that this coin has MS level lustre in real life. Remember the lustre does not have to be complete or strong for it to attract a low mint state grade. Also, contact marks and bag marks are common on gold coins which attract low MS grades (60-62). However, as I havent seen the coin in real life, its hard to be certain with a grade. As most of you know from dealing with ebay, photography can make a coin look better or worse then what it actually is. |
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When I took the pic, I liked the way it looked when I underexposed it a bit. In person, the coin is "shiny" all the way through, even in the protected areas. There's no apparent (or, very little, if any) change in luster from open to protected areas of the coin.
Under closer inspection in hand, the coin doesn't have any circulation wear. BUT, it's been handled...
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Look at the rim of the coronet and the eagles neck, also Liberty's hair on top and around the ear. All these areas show "rubs" and the fields show numerous marks and loss of luster. True AU coins often don't show clear wear (or metal loss) and this is a good example of that.
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