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 Posted 08/25/2014  11:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list
to all, there are three different coins pictured.

Grade each?
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 Posted 08/25/2014  3:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add commems to your friends list

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to all, there are three different coins pictured.

Grade each?

Based on the images provided, I'm not comfortable offering a grade opinion. There is too much variation in the lighting for me to hope to accurately assess the surface condition of the coins. They could all be mint state, or one or two of them could be nice AU pieces.

If you can provide clear, well-lit images of the coins out of the holders, you might get more responses from the knowledgeable folks who patrol these parts!


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 Posted 08/25/2014  4:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list
okay thanks, will get better pictures.
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 Posted 08/25/2014  8:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list
Appreciate you sharing this 1946 BTW set with us ... not often that any collector acquires all three of this date on a 'whim'.

Curious if you are pursuing a set of the classic silver commemorative series ... if so you are on you way with this date/mm.

Concur with commems wise input ... grading coins by photo is very difficult ... and alas your images are not conducive to offering much educated support ...

Best I can say ... likely MS, but possibly AU. Strike quality is evident by the original planchet chatter marks evident on the obverse portrait jaw bone area ... common strike weakness for the series.

Humbly suggest that you remove the coins from the 2x2 and offer well lit photographs ... we'll do our best then to support your questions.

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 Posted 08/25/2014  8:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadToTheBone to your friends list
I meant that for all 3 coins when I first answered sorry that I didn't make myself clearer.
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 Posted 08/25/2014  9:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list
First Replacement photo
1946 P Obvers
The front of the coin is brilliantly toned. Rainbow colors, Cart wheel luster.
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The back of this coin is fully silver, no spots or toning. again has the cartwheel luster.

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Second Photo Replacement.
1946 D obverse
the pictures don't show how "white" this coin is. front and back, beautiful cart wheel luster on both side.

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1946 D reverse
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 Posted 08/25/2014  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list
third replacement photo.

1946 S obverse
Again, beautiful white color, cartwheel luster.

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1946 S Reverse
This one has really cool toning, I hope you can see it on the back of this coin. What the camera isn't picking up is even with the toning, the untoned spots are brilliant white and lustrous

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 Posted 08/26/2014  8:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list
Likely all three coin are MS63/MS64MS65 ... I do not see any evidence of circulation wear.

Still wondering ... why the 'whim' to purchase this date/mm?

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 Posted 08/26/2014  10:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jack jeckel to your friends list
Nice set.

I used to consider the Columbus / Booker T / George Washington Carver / Stone Mountain / Monroe to be the cheap seats commemoratives based on their abundance and low costs in higher AU grades.

But when looking at sold prices for higher grade MS examples of all of them I was blown away by the jump in price.
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 Posted 08/27/2014  2:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add commems to your friends list
I would concur on grade assessments in the MS-64 range; the "P" and "S" might even go a grade higher.

Nice coins!


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 Posted 08/30/2014  09:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list
Nickelsearcher...
I had been looking at it for awhile, and thought I might get a full year set of these.
That was the whim....

Though after seeing responses from here on grades, I think I could have saved money buy graded coins off ebay.
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Do you plan on acquiring the complete set of Booker T's took me 3 years to do so. Took a lot of searching to keep within my budget! Very nice coins you got there!
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 Posted 01/26/2015  9:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list
I will try as I go on..

Thinking about sending these in for a grade, just for fun.
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