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United States
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I would hardly call that a gouge and from my perspective, that's not something that would detail a coin, but that's besides the point. My issue is that you detailed this to XF when the coin is clearly high AU-low MS. Here is an example of an UNC details coin with similar level of detail and contact marks on the devices and fields. It is UNC details... not XF. I can sort of see this as an AU details but even still, UNC details makes more sense to me. https://coins.ha.com/itm/liberty-ha...ption-071515 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reason for my AU-58 grade was that I see a small bit of wear.
I agree that it doesn't appear to be EF, however.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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XF details rim damage is absolutely ridiculous for a while I thought pictures had been switched until I saw other comments. AU58 on the first coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd take the coin on the bottom it's a stunner to me
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United States
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Germany
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That is the coin shown in this topic. I don't think that it has trace of harm at the higher points. The hair curls are ,,lusterous''. That one is my favorite as well. Further opions about these three coins? :-)
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Germany
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That is my opinion as well. I returned the other ones to the seller. Thanks for your help guys!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The one at the bottom for sure.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bottom coin is the best. The originally posted coin. I can see a TPG grading it ms62 |
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United States
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If they're all authentic, they should grade at least AU-55 to MS-62. I think that anyone who seriously thinks they're XF should probably crack a grading book.
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Thank you very much for all the answers. As I mentioned, I kept the 1903 piece. @EarlyTurban To be honest I am quiet shocked about the grading skills of american collectors. I collect german gold coins and for my little trip to US gold I try to educate myself with pictures of gradet coins and ''unboxing'' videos. I have the impression that lots of us collectors are not able to estimate the condition of raw coins. Thats the result of giving the homework to someone else  . In my opinion you do not necessairy need guides. You only need an eye for details and lots of pictures to compare. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1903-S looks MS-62 to me and the best of the three.
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