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Sweden
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I'm not sure how to grade gold; As they increase in weight, more dings, marks and hits are allowed for the grade, correct? I do own a graded $10 MS63, which is better looking than this one, but comparing to other double eagle 63's, I see a wide range of conditions, both better and worse than mine... How would you grade this, and why? thanks in advance   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Good Pictures showing most of what we need to see to answer your question. Perhaps a little better shot of the cheek of Liberty would help.
From what I can see you have lots and lots of little light abrasions, but I don't see a single EVIL hit that jumps off the screen. In some cases you can find a MS-63 Liberty that looks a lot like yours, but has one really mean hit that is distracting even if the balance of the coin isn't bad.
I much prefer what you are showing, and I would not be surprised at all seeing this coin in a PCGS or NGC MS-63 holder. You'll have a few folks that might answer lower, simply because your coin does have many small abrasions, but I think in real terms a 63 would not surprise me.
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United States
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I really wish more people would post pre-1933 gold for grading, especially $20 gold pieces.
MS62. I'm still an amateur on grading these pre-1933's
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United States
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Here is a sample I have for comparison, yours looks a little nicer.., I'd say at least a 63  |
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Australia
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I am happy with MS62 or 3. The most serious hits are exactly where you would expect to find them:
on the cheek of Liberty, but they don't really detract all that much.
Nice luster.
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 United States
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These are all contact marks. No circulation here. MS63
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I really wish more people would post pre-1933 gold for grading, especially $20 gold pieces. The $1.5k+ price tags tend to discourage those of us of more modest means from acquiring them to post them here  This one is a MS63 as best as I can tell. 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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It looks like a MS63 in the images. Could drop to MS62 if the luster is subdued.
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Posted 11/23/2015 4:09 pm
