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Posted 07/31/2014 3:20 pm
I absolutely love this coin and would love to own it as it is better than the 1930 I own. I do want to offer a personal anecdote on why I doubt this will grade near top pop.
I dealer friend of mine once acquired an original roll of this exact date. 1930 is probably the most common date out there in high grades and is usually well struck. We both carefully observed the roll and I would estimate about half of the coins therein looked as good as this one. We thought we had some 66's and possible 67's enough to effect the population numbers. Most of the coins were submitted to PCGS. We were both shocked when they generally came back as 64FH and 65FH. There was a single one that hit 66FH. Also a few weren't granted the FH designation that we thought deserved it. I think TPGs are furiously tough on this date or possibly all high grade SLQs.
The other possible issue I might raise is that these pictures are probably not conducive to deciphering between high grade. There are too many shadows and not enough detail. I see many parts of that coin that look mushy. Now I know they won't be mushy in hand, but tiny marks and issues are also being hidden from the viewer.
You're gonna hate me, but I'm going to say this is a 65FH and I believe 64FH is more likely than 66FH based off the fact that I have personally seen this exact date get butchered in the past. The coin is certainly worth sending in and I'd love to see the result. I'm at 65FH though.
I dealer friend of mine once acquired an original roll of this exact date. 1930 is probably the most common date out there in high grades and is usually well struck. We both carefully observed the roll and I would estimate about half of the coins therein looked as good as this one. We thought we had some 66's and possible 67's enough to effect the population numbers. Most of the coins were submitted to PCGS. We were both shocked when they generally came back as 64FH and 65FH. There was a single one that hit 66FH. Also a few weren't granted the FH designation that we thought deserved it. I think TPGs are furiously tough on this date or possibly all high grade SLQs.
The other possible issue I might raise is that these pictures are probably not conducive to deciphering between high grade. There are too many shadows and not enough detail. I see many parts of that coin that look mushy. Now I know they won't be mushy in hand, but tiny marks and issues are also being hidden from the viewer.
You're gonna hate me, but I'm going to say this is a 65FH and I believe 64FH is more likely than 66FH based off the fact that I have personally seen this exact date get butchered in the past. The coin is certainly worth sending in and I'd love to see the result. I'm at 65FH though.
