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Valued Member
United States
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For total eye appeal, the second trumps the first.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5854 Posts |
I like the second one a little bit more than than the first because the first one appears to have a scratch by the phrygian cap and grease filled reverse lettering.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
IMHO, I'd wait or spend a little extra dough to get some original toning. An AU58 should have virtually solid original mint luster in the fields. I'd grade both closer to AU50 myself.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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If I had to pick I would go for the second one. The dark spots on the PCGS coin would get to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1195 Posts |
2nd one for the eye apeal, hands down!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
Both look pretty similar. I'd have to see them in hand and I'd probably like the one with the nicest luster.
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Moderator
 United States
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Based only on the images, I like the eye appeal of the NGC specimen better. The PCGS coin is spotty, and the gouge (or whatever it is) above the cap jumped out at me instantly.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess I am the only one that is different because I like the look of the top one over the second one. I don't like the Obverse of the second one at all and I can definitely live with the few dark spots over the overall look of the second one
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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The dilema is that a camera will capture and enhance things on a coin which otherwise would not be distracting when looking at it in hand. Based on the photos alone I am slightly inclined to go with the NGC piece but then there's something about the PCGS coin I just like too. I have bought quite a few coins from this dealer and I was hoping to see them at a coin show in Sacramento this weekend but he could only be there yesterday and I work too far away to have gone over there after work. He suggested if I paid postage both ways he would send them to me to inspect in hand. A very reasonable proposition as he always discounts the coins I buy and unless I pick them up at a coin show he sends them postpaid. I don't know anyone else who does that. If I decide I don't like either I am not obligated to buy either one and there's other Liberty Seated coins he has I would be very happy to own. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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United States
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I think I'd go for seeing them both in hand first, then, if you have that opportunity. I looked at them both, couldn't decide, read all the comments, and changed my mind three times before I got to the end of the thread! I think though without seeing the luster in person I liked the second one better.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
I'll weigh in and say not contest. I would pick the second one. The first has extremely weak lettering on the reverse, black spots of toning that detract from eye appeal and a major scratch above liberty's head. When you get them in hand, if you start to think it may be a close call, send them both back IMHO.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 I'm with jpbone on this one. if I was putting one of them in my type set, it would be #2. |
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United States
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the first one appears to have a scratch by the phrygian cap and grease filled reverse lettering. That is a scratch next to the phrygian cap and the lettering on the reverse is actually there but is weak. I also thought there was grease on the die at the left and also in the word CENTS but the toning makes the letters look like they are missing. The NGC piece in hand doesn't look as stark as the image makes it out to be. The toning is a softer golden hue and the mint luster comes through where it's protected by the coins' devices. This coin completes another milestone in my quest of a Liberty Seated type set, I now have an example for the obverse and the reverse for this denomination. Half Dimes and 20 cent pieces done with the dimes, quarters, halves and dollars to go. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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United States
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Judging by the pictures, the second one easily wins. Just all around nicer to look at in every way.
Seeing them in hand, though, might make it a different story.
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