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Bedrock of the Community
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I would take NGC's opinion at face value here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe it got the Redfield peach juice treatment. The link was prohibited, but Google a few to compare.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Pillar of the Community
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Lack of luster and unattractive toning, I assume due to the photos. In this case, if you were to buy the coin and not the slab, you wouldn't buy it.
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Well, clearly all of you are blind. Its NGC and has a green sticker! Its OBVIOUSLY the epitome of an MS63+ coin. How dare you even question this?
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.Well, clearly all of you are blind. Its NGC and has a green sticker! Its OBVIOUSLY the epitome of an MS63+ coin. How dare you even question this? The unfortunate thing is I can almost not tell if this is satire or not lol |
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This coin has almost everything: rare, coveted date, premium grade from top-tier grading service, desirable CAC approval, and a mid-5-figure price tag. What else could you ask for?  How about some eye appeal? If I were shopping for an '89-CC in this grade and price range I sure wouldn't choose this one. |
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The fact CAC beaned the coin means its probably a MS64. They will not cac borderline sticker worthy, or even some sticker worthy coins if the eye appeal isn't there. IMO that means they probably thought this was a MS64 with poorer eye appeal and beaned it on the technical grade. I guarantee if this coin was a natural blast white it probably would have gold beaned.
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Pillar of the Community
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The GC photos are definitely not very flattering. Here's the same coin with some different photos. Still unattractive, but at least there is some luster peaking through.  |
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I dont see any luster peaking through on the latest photos. Just a few light spots. What an ugly coin! Id think its obvious the photos are off since it has a cac sticker, but from two different places? Mind boggling.
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Pillar of the Community
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I bet someone got a deal on this unslabbed! a $20K coin, at least, in that holder. Remind me to be on the hunt for weakly struck MS coins next time I'm at a dealer browsing uncertified inventory.
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05/05/2020 12:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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All could be true ... solid for the MS63 grade (hence the CACabean), a little better than average (hence the + grade) and ugly as sin.
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Definitely a pass from me, toning has the potential to either make or break the coin.
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I have seen plenty of Morgans with this type of toning, and they are difficult to grade in hand, let alone from pictures.
Original, yes.
Graded correctly, yes.
Butt ugly, you betcha.
I have mixed emotions on pieces like this one. The toning is hideous, but the surfaces underneath are original and unmolested. Dipping this piece would remove not only the toning, but a thin layer of the coins surface, and it would lose it's originality.
Perhaps in the future we will have a way of helping this piece without ruining it, but for now at least it's still original.
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Pillar of the Community
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The coin sold for $40,500.
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