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Bedrock of the Community
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I am at AU 55. looks like wear on the bust and curl above her forehead. On reverse it looks like slight wear on top of eagles head. The toning on this is spectacular. I would be a buyer all day for this if I had the money. Great pickup.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll go 58. Very beautiful, congrats.
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BH1964 is right - it is hard to differentiate between weak strike and wear on this particular coin. But I think the wear on the bust is the giveaway - it is not near the center where most strike weakness would be, but near the rim.
My thought is AU-53 going by the apparent wear. However, since eye-appeal and luster are part of an AU grade, I'd venture as high as AU-55, as this coin really does have both.
I normally don't go for toned coins, but this one is beautiful, more so than the pictures reveal. I told TypeCoin that if he didn't buy it, I would have!
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AU-55. Congrats on the purchase.
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Pillar of the Community
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And the result is:   So, do you agree with PCGS? Everyone at my Coin Club, including Bill Fivaz, disagreed with PCGS and called the toning natural. |
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I disagree. I would try to re slab that one if it were mine.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, I agree that you should re-submit.
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How dare they question the colour!  |
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Thank you mods! Jbuck, spend too long in the European side of the forum?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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My honest opinion is it's a 2nd skin. That doesn't make it artificially toned though. Many, many coins with a 2nd skin get slabbed problem-free and this one probably would too if submitted a couple more times.
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Jbuck, spend too long in the European side of the forum?  Thats what I thought when I saw that |
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There is a story behind that which goes back well into my youth. Perhaps I will endeavour to share it one day.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Crackout and resubmit to NGC, or PCGS again. You got hosed.
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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