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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1298 Posts |
Guessing MS63 with these photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18712 Posts |
the 84(O) strikes are mostly soft to average. this one is an average strike however the stars appear to be weak. may look better in hand but I'm not a toning fan and this one doesn't excite me. I think there are more marks on this coin that the toning is hiding. I'm having a hard time getting it past MS63
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4989 Posts |
So far nobody is close to the NGC grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3327 Posts |
So they must think AU? Less than a 65 and looks too clean for low MS. Hard to find any obvious signs of wear, especially with the odd toning.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
A hint - this got bid up well beyond what I was willing to pay.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
No way this got a MS-66?!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Current bid $275. About 15 bidders. But may have a premium for toning so I don't think I'm giving the grade away just yet. Nobody yet perfect including the (+) designation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There's only one significant bag mark, on the reverse, so I guess a 66+ is possible. But I don't really like the toning, and I usually like toned coins. Definitely not for me at that price.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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66+ it is  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
857 Posts |
If this did grade MS-66+ I'm gonna be really disappointed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3668 Posts |
Nice one. Typical soft New Orleans strike.
The obverse has a minor ding near the nose and another small one on the cheek. There are minor contact marks in the hair above the ear and on the cap. The fields are beautiful. The rest is toning. I'm at MS-66 obverse.
The reverse has a lot of chatter, including one fairly deep contact mark SE of the eagle's left wing (our visual right). I can't quite see MS-65 on the reverse, but MS-64* would fit better.
I'd net it on technical grading to MS-65, and bump it to MS-65* as an upward eye appeal adjustment.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
614 Posts |
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but to me it is straight up unattractive.
If you like it, go all in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
I agree with the technical grade. I think it got the (+) for the rather remarkable obverse toning.  Edited by fenton
08/09/2020 10:13 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Call me way off base - congrats!  Edited by Coinfrog
08/09/2020 10:47 am
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