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Bedrock of the Community
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 Double droll for this one. MS-64 at least. |
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IMO this is a poster coin for MS-62 at ICCS, its got nice detail and cameo but most 1948s do. I personally wouldn't buy this coin because of the scratches on the obverse since they're so distracting on an otherwise very nice coin. My LCS has a coin almost identical to this in contact marks and eye appeal sitting in an ICCS MS-62 holder and none of the people looking for good coins such as this will touch it.
Feel free to call me Will.
Edited by thedollarman
01/04/2015 7:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh wow .... maybe MS-63? |
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Love the frostiness on the obverse, PCGS might have given that one the extra point for "eye appeal"... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
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really nice, MS 64. Edited by SilverDon
01/04/2015 9:05 pm
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PCGS 63 based on what we see nowadays. Superb reverse. Great eye appeal.
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If from the 1990's it is probably in a OGH. Some of the coins graded back then are now considered conservatively graded.
PCGS MS63...Cameo, but probably no cameo mention on holder.
I could see this coin as being a possible candidate for re-simiting for a upgrade to MS64 if it's not already. Looks very nice.
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Thanks everyone. The old green holder (OGH) says PCGS MS63. IMHO it may be a stretch to get a MS64 at PCGS. However the markings on the neck look to be from the strike and the marks on the face are fairly superficial. BTW I purposely took a picture that emphasized the marks on the coin since I wanted the most criticism. The coin has so much lustre and so I wonder if it is an SP coin. Dollarman - how were the fields on your coin? ICCS likes to focus on the fields and the fields are quite stunning on this coin. I have MS62's from ICCS and I'd say that it is a possibility ICCS might grade it taht way but I would go to PCGS for getting it regraded.
I had a look at the MS64's on the Heritage Auction site (they have the best photos if you ever want to compare coins). It looks like a MS63+ to me and so I would hope that a Cameo or the eye appeal may push it to MS64. Not sure if I will buy it or not. Fully priced as a MS63 but these '48's don't seem to go cheap. The eye appeal of this coin is so darn enticing.
Thanks again everyone.
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I had a 1948 that I graded in the very early years of PCGS as a MS63, sure enough, it was re-graded and came back MS64 in a blue label, but mine (bought in 1985 from Chuck Moore) had a weak strike, not nearly as impressive as the one noted in this thread.
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Tripoli - It does have a nice strike. If some of us think that this has a shot at being a PCGS MS64, then that is good enough for me. Someday I will send it down to PCGS, but I am in no rush. Into the safety deposit box it will go!
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@pfrien, yeah it was one of the few times when I actually made a nice profit on a coin!...I paid $1500 raw in 1985/86, then it sold eventually for $3200 at auction in a MS64 holder.
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That was a nice trade Tripoli.
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Forum Kid
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Good way to run up your post count Vankid.
Bring up a three week old thread and add nothing to it.
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