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Posted 09/15/2015 11:59 pm
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:
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:
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