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Pillar of the Community
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That's about the nicest G06 1916-D you're ever going to find.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If it's in a VG holder, I would not crack it out. Anything lower I'd be fine with.
I have done too much homework and research into the grading companies for a slab to mean anything more to me than someone paid a company to put it in plastic. The companies all invested a LOT of money in the 90s, came up with a computer grading system which they said was more accurate b/c it removed the human element ("to err is human"), and would give the real, verifiable grade. A little time goes by and Whoops! The computers also eliminated the very profitable "re-slabbing game!" So we now have the less accurate and error prone (according to the companies when selling the public on computer grading) system back again. Businesses need to follow the money. It made sense/cents to go back to the non-verifiable human business model to restore/keep profits up. The one thing I DO appreciate about the companies is the incredible amount of info available n their websites.  Having said that, the slab as it was received:   How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin looks great to me and I don't see the cleaning. Obverse g6, reverse vg8.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 no real cleaning just honest original wear to me. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is that the original color? Reddish?
Otherwise; I wouldn't expect this cleaned.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10038 Posts |
It is original as far as I can tell. I just think the graders had a large lunch and were getting tired when they saw this one - they are only human and I can see how hours and hours of looking at coins has to make a difference.
As to the color of the surfaces, its like the original pictures I posted. I believe the very slight red tint in this last set of pics is from the reflection of the case the phone has on it. I forgot to take it off. I have had problems with that before.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
04/23/2022 12:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I did notice some hairlines in the original pics. Surfaces do have a slightly "smoothed" appearance. While I won't argue an old cleaning, I would definitely call this market acceptable and have seen far worse from this date straight grade. Will make for a great album coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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British grading - Good and barely that.
Barely identifiable design, no detail beyond basic silhouettes, letters molding into rim.
But I understand this is the rare one. I have 1916 P and S dimes, but no D ones!
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Pillar of the Community
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3328 Posts |
To me by Canadian standard and PCGS examples I can't see this being less then a G6 straight grade vg8 tops these grading companies can be wonky some times.
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 United States
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Its a beautiful coin regardless of what the PCGS wizards may think.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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looking closer at the fields, especially the obv, I can now see quite a few hairlines under the toning. should have looked closer at first. they are faint but there so I can see why they gave it a cleaned note. I'm not sure why the slab doesn't say G details instead of genuine not gradable. was this how they graded cleaned coins in decades prior?
i agree with nickelsearcher - Its a beautiful coin regardless of what the PCGS wizards may think
I'm betting in hand without a loop these may not even be visible. I would put that in my set in a heartbeat.
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Posted 04/22/2022 4:45 pm
