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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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MS-67+ (looked up the cert#) 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
MS-67 (*) sounds about right. Insanely nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5676 Posts |
Wow, it's a stunning coin, but 67+ seems high with that heavy bag mark on the eagle's breast.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
MS66+ technical, maybe a 67. My guess is they gave it that 1/2-1 point boost for "eye appeal"...(toning). Which to this day I don't understand, toning can change for better or worse!!
Still, nice coin and congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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From the images provided, I would have guessed MS-66. The hit on the eagle's breast is heavily accentuated in the True View, I don't recall it being close to that from the images I saw several years ago (back then it was in a MS-67 holder, there were no pluses). Did I mention that it's got a green bean?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36841 Posts |
They don't get much nicer than that.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8938 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1694 Posts |
Cool . Funny how that works . True View PCGS pics always seem to show nicest features and miss some of the scratches so I'll say MS 65 plus and very pretty coin though I wouldn't be surprised if it graded higher
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
Has the reverse not been cleaned? I see lots of straight line scratches that look like cleaning scratches.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5676 Posts |
Quote: I see lots of straight line scratches that look like cleaning scratches. They are die polishing lines.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thanks Zurie, I didn't know that. Do these hurt the grade? The overall grade to me looks about MS65.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1267 Posts |
I knew this one would be all over the place, especially with the reverse image that I provided. The obverse is almost devoid of marks, and imho could reach MS-68. The reverse is nowhere near as bad as the images portray, but that hit is still there. What is interesting is that it moved from a 67 holder to a 67+.........and got beaned at the new grade. Would love to hear John Albanese's reasoning, perhaps what he and the graders saw will become clear with the coin in hand. Regardless, I am still in a little disbelief that I was able to acquire this piece. 
Edited by hadleydog 07/17/2020 8:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6394 Posts |
Congratulations on your new purchase. It's truly a spectacular piece!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Prominent die polishing lines enhance the coin for me. Similar to great toning, which this coin also has, makes it more unique and interesting.
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