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Valued Member
 United States
282 Posts |
Thanks to all who responded to the question. Here is the grade assigned by PCGS. Maybe the grader was put off by all the clash marks and die polish lines. I have seen much higher graded coins that don't have the strike that this one does. It also has very few marks and nice luster. I bought it because of the strike and eagle beak clash mark. This is the first reported eagle beak clash mark for this date. In order for the eagle beak clash mark to show up, the reverse die has to be rotated about 15 degrees or more when the dies clash because the beak would be under the shield if the dies were in the normal position. This particular coin was probably rotated approx 20 degrees when clashed thus making the eagle beak clash as big as it is. Robert H. Knauss of " Standing Liberty quarter Varieties & Errors" book fame told me that this is the biggest eagle beak clash he has seen of any date. This particular coin did not have a rotated die when it was struck. I would imagine the reverse die was removed from the press to try and polish out the clash marks and put back in in the right position. The numerous die polish lines on the reverse attest to this happening. It is an interesting coin to say the least. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
My knee jerk was 64+FH. Great coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
 AWESOME coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
937 Posts |
 missed by two points. should have gone with my first thought I guess. 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
I think that it really is a 64+/65/66 coin tryna. I think this coin was under graded.
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
I really think that is a re-grade candidate. Send it in, along with documentation about the die clash attribution as well as a request not to re-slab unless the grade is higher. I honestly think it will come back higher, and maybe even attributed on the slab.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
 You wuz robbed! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
That's substantially undergraded.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6394 Posts |
Such a terrific example of this key date.
I concur it is really better than the assigned grade. Seems like a lock for MS-65 FH. If it were mine I'd think about cracking it out and sending it in again, perhaps asking my local dealer to make the submission.
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
On it's way to NGC? John1 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
Easily could pull off a 64FH or a 65FH
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36832 Posts |
I can't see PCGS down grading the coin for polish lines. This one might be a candidate for a regrade, it's a real gem.
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Valued Member
 United States
282 Posts |
Thanks for all the comments and recommendations. I haven't decided what to do yet.
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New Member
United States
46 Posts |
MS 65 Nice coin so many of these still out there dateless.
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Moderator
 United States
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Wish I'd looked at this one earlier.  To my mind, you wouldn't see a hit as hard as the one on the reverse - looks like it got everything from the eagle's right wing through the field into the Q at the same time - on an MS64 example. The rest of the coin is primo aside the cut next to the date which grabs my eye, and I love the clashing and subsequent heavy polishing, but I can see the grader's thinking.
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