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Posted 04/27/2015 4:11 pm
OK.
You'll be hard pressed to beat your Dad's coin with this one. 63 isn't out of the question, but 64 is. I have it at an upper-end 62 which wouldn't shock me at 63. I'm seeing a slider obverse mated to a pretty clearly Mint State reverse, but AU58 is not out of the question and slabbing is then unjustifiable. Except you won't know until after you've spent the money.
Can't trust the color. I hate that blue background, but what I can see of the sliver of true background around the coin is that his White Balance is skewed yellow. That wouldn't be an issue except for the halo of crud around the top of the Phrygian Cap, which scares me a bit that it'd be adjudicated "cleaned."
Golly. In truth, if I have a few bucks to risk, I probably snap this one up, up to about $75 or so. Knowing I'm taking a risk. It's at $65 now, and with this much time left in the auction I'm pretty much certain that there are people ready to go over what I'd pay for the coin. I'd bet that my $75 bid would get outbid by overbids already in the system.
Close, but probably a pass. There will be another.
You'll be hard pressed to beat your Dad's coin with this one. 63 isn't out of the question, but 64 is. I have it at an upper-end 62 which wouldn't shock me at 63. I'm seeing a slider obverse mated to a pretty clearly Mint State reverse, but AU58 is not out of the question and slabbing is then unjustifiable. Except you won't know until after you've spent the money.
Can't trust the color. I hate that blue background, but what I can see of the sliver of true background around the coin is that his White Balance is skewed yellow. That wouldn't be an issue except for the halo of crud around the top of the Phrygian Cap, which scares me a bit that it'd be adjudicated "cleaned."
Golly. In truth, if I have a few bucks to risk, I probably snap this one up, up to about $75 or so. Knowing I'm taking a risk. It's at $65 now, and with this much time left in the auction I'm pretty much certain that there are people ready to go over what I'd pay for the coin. I'd bet that my $75 bid would get outbid by overbids already in the system.
Close, but probably a pass. There will be another.
