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Valued Member
 United States
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It's that dark spot just to the right of LIBERTY. It's tough to see the depth in this screenshot but in NGC's verification pic it certainly looks like a gouge.
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05/19/2016 11:12 pm
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looks like a toning spot to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a carbon spot to me
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Valued Member
United States
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So you don't think it goes beneath the coin's surface?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1959 Posts |
 im not seeing an issue? |
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United States
7639 Posts |
Looks to me like it meets the technical grade. It just does not have the eye appeal, though.
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Valued Member
United States
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 with westernsky. As he mentioned, the coin has everything you could possibly want for the grade of AU 55, EXCEPT very little eye appeal  . Also, I'll go with paralyse that it's a carbon spot. Jack |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agreed either a carbon spot or a fading late die state. I see nothing wrong with the coin but it does lack eye appeal
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And I believe the scratches around the perimeter are due to metal flow.
I think it's a late die state.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Perhaps his "Grand Canyon" is the scratch behind Ms. Liberty's eye. It does not look that bad in the photo, but maybe it looks deeper in person.
At any rate the coin has been dipped, and it was made from a well worn set of dies which makes the edges look stretched and odd. It might be over graded by 5 points. I would never call it "choice," but it's not terrible.
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Valued Member
United States
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My "Grand Canyon" is that spot to the right of Liberty. Looking at the best pics I can see (from the seller and on NGC) I still cannot tell for certain whether it affects the surface only or if it is below. In the better pics there is some shadowing that makes it seem like it is actually a gouge. So maybe not the Grand Canyon at least a small valley.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree that it seems to lack "zip" in this photo and that it appears possibly dipped.
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United States
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Looks like a normal AU-55 to me. What were you expecting, an MS-67?
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United States
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Fenton, actually I was just questioning what may or may not be significant damage. The grade is fine but if that mark is a deep gouge it should have been details graded with an Obv damage notation.
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Posted 05/19/2016 11:15 pm
