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Pillar of the Community
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Solid MS-65, beautiful toning!
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United States
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I bet the older rattler said 64.
I love the toning and amazing crack though! I struggle with these, while I know NO is famous for its weak strikes, in the strictest sense of grade, how can a weak strike be a gem? That being said, I would say it is a gem (65+) because we know better, but still not 100% comfortable saying so...
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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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I'm at MS65 in an older slab, MS66 at todays' standards. A marvelous example of what would appear to be a terminal die state and yet the mint cranked out numerous (pronounced hundreds possibly thousands of) examples. What's not to love about 18830-O die pairings....  |
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Canada
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I'm at MS-65 on this one, but I wouldn't be surprised if PCGS saw it as a 64 back in the day.
The 2 contact mark's slightly below and to the left of liberty's eyes hold it back from a 66 (prime focal area), but in hand may not be as prominent as the images portray.
Nice coin, worthy of a visit to cac.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think I did pretty good on this one! PCGS Rattler grade: MS64. I think it might have a shot at a bean but I have never submitted anything to CAC.   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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Seriously undergraded by today's standards. Really.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
This one should bean...Gold at that....
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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very pretty. toning premium > grade adjustment premium imho.
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Canada
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Paralyze, this one is deserving of a cac review. From what I can see from the images, green bean for sure with a real shot at a gold one. Absolutely worth the trip, as a gold beaned rattler would be a home run. While it doesn't change the coin, it certainly changes its value. Awesome pickup!
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05/29/2019 8:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Have you resubmitted this?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have not. It should be here or tomorrow. I am really starting to try to sell off some "problem" coins and pick up higher quality pieces, which is why I've been buying more Bust halves and quarters lately and early copper. This coin was kind of an outsider (I'm trying to downsize Morgans, not add to them) but couldn't resist.
I was going to submit a whole mess of coins to PCGS at the upcoming TNA show (May 31-June 1) but that falls on business end-of-month and I can't miss work to attend a coin show. I have surgery coming up on June 10th and once I recover from that I will try to get it sent off to PCGS but I am not sure it justifies a resubmit with the rattler premium on a pretty but common-date Morgan.
If it came back as a 65 or 65 CAC I'd probably be up about 3-3.5x what I spent on it, a 66 is not gonna happen IMO as PCGS and NGC are really tightening up grading the last few months. I'm not a CAC member and can't submit coins to them so I'd have to go over to Frisco and let Lucas send it off for me from his shop.
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
Canada
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If the coin looks as strong in hand as the images portray, a 64 in a rattler with a gold bean is far rarer and thus more valuable than the same coin graded 65 with a green bean.
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05/29/2019 10:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Got it in hand today, it's really strong and IMO an easy 65. There are a couple of distracting marks on the reverse but the obverse is nearly flawless.
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