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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll guess AU53 with nice eye appeal.
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I really like this. I'll go with AU-58.
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I'm torn between 55 and 58. It has such a great strike that it might be contributing more than it should otherwise. I think I'd stay "safe" at 55 - but a beautiful original skin which is worth a good bonus, in my opinion.
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I'll leave this one open for awhile longer, see if any of the other LSC folks want to jump in. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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I am guessing 55. With a shot at 58. Real nice either way!
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Looks solid for AU-55 detail. There should be significant luster at this level of preservation but that isn't apparent from the photos. Is there a decent level of luster visible when examined in-hand? If not, it may have garnered an "improperly cleaned" label from NGC. They tend to be pretty fussy about cleaning, IMO.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Will probably not have it in hand until later this week. This coin is mysterious. Its particular pedigree has a reputation for overgraded coins, but this one Seated Half had a decent certain look to it that I found appealing. I am not sure why NGC gave it the grade they did; perhaps it's worth a cross to PCGS, or maybe there's something I just can't see behind the toning, which is rather dark. That being said, I don't think the slab pictures are doing the coin justice at all (you can see they were taken in shadow and very low light) -- I'll take pictures myself when it gets here. (NGC XF45)   Compare it to this 1858 Seated Half from my collection which is also graded XF-45 but by PCGS:   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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The dark toning probably hurt the grade. The detail looks AU easily.
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Yes, I was wondering if NGC might have knocked it down from a low AU simply because it's dark.
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