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Pillar of the Community
United States
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With luster AU50 without XF45.
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United States
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I'll be the dissenter at VF35 but an EF40 won't surprise.
"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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United States
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I'm in the AU50 camp. New Orleans strikes are inherently weak, but this one takes the cake. Still, I see some luster in the fields and no huge distracting hits.
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Australia
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I'm in the XF45 camp, I think it deserves better.
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My first thought was XF45.
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Pillar of the Community
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Here you go folks... I was surprised a little at the grade but it looks like many of you got it right... PCGS AU-50   |
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Terrible strike, yet still worn; I'm thinking AU50. You whooped me SsuperDdave! I guess I just wasn't seeing the weak strike, and that should not play into the grade technically, I let that cloud my judgement on this one. Nice call Dave.  "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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Great job Dave. Couldn't stump you.. :)
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Well, we know New Orleans Morgans are weakly-struck by nature. On this one, look at the area around/above the ear, and the talons/arrows. Those two spots are almost flat, featureless. They blend. The breast and legs are involved as well.
And Morgans simply do_not_wear in that fashion. Only one thing can create that look - an abysmal strike even for New Orleans. It's so obvious that there's no way PCGS does not factor the strike when grading this one.
With a strike this weak, you don't even take those areas into consideration. Ignore them. Study the known wear areas elsewhere on the coin - cotton bolls/leaves, cheek, lower hair, top edges of the wings. Those are at an "AU" level of wear.
This is an AU coin.
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Depending on what it looked like in hand with luster, I was going to say low end EF45, top AU55.
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