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1842 Coronet Eagle (PCGS Vs You) Not My Coin

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Posted 04/12/2025 10:20 pm

Sorry, I forgot to share the actual grade. PCGS called it MS(60). I thought it was strange because the surfaces didn't look that much more abraded than a 61/62. It seems that many of you think this is an AU coin, though.

Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading

1829 Capped Bust Dime For Grading

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Posted 04/10/2025 9:50 pm

AG(03). Nice, honest wear on a very "hard working" coin.

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1842 Coronet Eagle (PCGS Vs You) Not My Coin

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Posted 04/09/2025 12:23 pm

Thanks everyone. Where do you see the wear that makes it AU in your eyes? Jacrispies--interesting assessment, why do you say 60 (with the implication that it doesn't really deserve MS)?

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1842 Coronet Eagle (PCGS Vs You) Not My Coin

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Posted 04/08/2025 9:51 pm

I am curious what you all think of this coin--it is not my coin, so I have to go by the dealer's photos. I know the holder looks pretty beat up, but the second picture of the obverse also seems to show some hairlines--I think they are the coin itself.

What do you think of this example in terms of how it should be graded? And what do you think about it overall as a coin?

Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading

1885 (M18) Japanese Meiji Dragon 20 Sen (PCGS Vs You)

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Posted 04/03/2025 1:15 pm

PCGS called it MS(66)+. I think the reverse is why there is no PL designation. There are tons of die polishing lines on this coin.

Forum: World Coin Grading

1929 Indian Quarter Eagle (Ngc And CAC Vs You)

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Posted 04/02/2025 7:47 pm

We had only three specific guesses on this one, and all agreed on MS(63). NGC called this MS(62), and CAC agreed enough to give it a green bean. Sorry for the poor quality of this old photo of the slab.

Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading

18xx Mystery Date Capped Bust Dime [mystery Solved - 1814]

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Posted 04/02/2025 7:45 pm

I think the third digit is a 1. It could only be 1811 or 1814. Those are the only two dates from 1810 to 1819 when the US mint struck dimes. I would guess 1814 because it is more common, and because all 1811 dimes have the 1811/09 overdate.

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1902 Edward VII Halfpenny For Grading

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Posted 04/02/2025 01:05 am

I would grade this at MS(64) RB

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1885 (M18) Japanese Meiji Dragon 20 Sen (PCGS Vs You)

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Posted 04/01/2025 9:08 pm

@sel_69l: Thanks! The bottom pictures are True View pics from PCGS. The pictures are from my camera through the "plastic tomb." @Hondo Boguss: Thanks for offering yourself up as the sacrificial lamb. @echidna: Thanks for the grade. I will reveal what PCGS said tomorrow. I love the PL look on this coin (the obverse more than the reverse).

Forum: World Coin Grading

1855 Three Dollar Gold (Ngc And CAC Vs You)

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Posted 04/01/2025 8:59 pm

Thanks @BH1964 for your clarification and thanks to everyone else for your time, opinions, and discussions. I am slowly building my US gold type set.

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1885 (M18) Japanese Meiji Dragon 20 Sen (PCGS Vs You)

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Posted 03/31/2025 11:54 pm

20 sen (the Japanese equivalent of our 20 cent piece!) from Year 18 of the Meiji Dynasty: 1885.

This should be an interesting one to grade.

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1929 Indian Quarter Eagle (Ngc And CAC Vs You)

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Posted 03/31/2025 11:22 pm

Another one in my series of US gold type coins (very, very far being complete): I present my 1929 Indian Quarter Eagle. It's from the onset of the Great Depression (and the birth year of both Anne Frank and Dick Clark), and I like the colors on it. It may not come out in these pictures, but there is some cool looking toning on it.

This is other coin I had in an NGC holder with a green bean and reholdered as CACG.

Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading

1908 St. Gaudens Double Eagle (PCGS Vs. You)

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Posted 03/31/2025 6:09 pm

PCGS and CAC came to a consensus.

I am NOT great at grading things once we get above 64. I noticed most of you would have graded this 64, and we even got one vote for 62. Do you think PCGS and CAC got this one wrong? The scratches are few, but there are those two sizable ones in the obverse field, as well as a couple of hits on Liberty's shin.

Thanks for your time and opinions.

Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading

1855 Three Dollar Gold (Ngc And CAC Vs You)

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Posted 03/31/2025 12:58 pm

Thanks @BH1964. I understand this is a CACG holder--I had it crossed from an NGC holder with the green bean to this one (the NGC one was in bad condition--and I can fit two CACG holders on the edges of my PCGS box).

To be clear, you see this coin as overgraded, right? Do you see it as an AU(58) that mistakenly got in to an MS(61) holder?

Forum: US Classic and Colonial Coin Grading

1855 Three Dollar Gold (Ngc And CAC Vs You)

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Posted 03/31/2025 12:31 pm

NGC called this MS(61). CAC agreed.