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It is not nice to say we might find it strange  Then we overthink the looking! I'm with the 65 camp. I don't see any hints of it being counterfeit, although a weight test would put me at a bit more ease (see the overthinking). |
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That's an awfully nice deuce and a half..... 67 would not surprise me one bit.
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I give up...Bills comment is making me crazy. first I thought Proof? then I did some research on that and it does not seem to match any proofs. then I thought counterfeit? hmmm looks original. so I'm just going with MS66.  here we go again! |
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MS67 After this grade if I miss, Bill may recommend me for that ANA grading class. |
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Not much wrong here. A couple of light marks on the obverse in front of the face and behind the head and a hit on the reverse in the D of 2 1/2 D.
Going to guess higher end of the guesses with a 66. If wrong, I'd guess I am low and it was 67.
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MS65.
Marks on the obverse on cheek and in front and back of the head in the field, and there is something going on on the reverse just above eagles head and possibly below left wing.
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PCGS graded this 1905 quarter as an MS-63. The coin is clearly under graded, but the question is how much is it under graded? It is a "slam dunk" MS-64, but is it an MS-65? If it is just an MS-64, the increase in value, about $170 on the Gray Sheet, would hardly be enough to merit the expense of the grading fee and the postage both ways. If it made MS-65 or higher, the jump would be over $500 and thus be worthwhile. There are a couple of extremely minor marks in the obverse field that might make the MS-65 grade problematical.
Perhaps the way to make this coin "exciting" would be to see if it could get a gold CAC sticker, but I'm not going there. A any rate it's been my understanding that the gold CAC sticker is going the way of the doe doe bird.
The grading on the $2.50 Liberty coins has historically been very conservative. It is a reflection of the lack of popularity that these coins have with collectors. The main demand for them comes from type collectors who need to fill a hole in the traditional eight and 12 piece gold type sets. Very few collectors even consider attempting a date and mint set. The series runs from 1840 to 1907, and there are many "impossible" rare dates within that stretch and a number of "sleepers" that are deceptively rare with respect to their catalog values.
I've considered a "short set" of these coins from the 1900s, but no one else does that, and I have never gotten around to doing it. It would an extension of the raw set of $2.50 Indians that I completed years ago.
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04/03/2016 10:26 am
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The gold sticker going away? Perish the thought! And that coin looks like a 65 easily, PCGS missed the mark by a good margin calling it a 63.
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Always tough to nail a grade from photos, but we all know this one is better than 63. I think you have a good shot at 65 on this one unless something shows up when the coin is turned in decent light.
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Humans make mistakes. This is one.
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Posted 04/01/2016 6:39 pm
