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1901 Indian Head Cent Grade Opinion

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 Posted 10/20/2020  10:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
AU-58?
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 Posted 10/20/2020  10:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list
I'll go with AU-58 . Coin has a lot going for itself but obvious wear on reverse rim and leaves .
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 Posted 10/20/2020  11:27 am  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list
I'd say AU-55.
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 Posted 10/20/2020  11:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ty2020b to your friends list
I'll say AU-55, possibly 58
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 Posted 10/20/2020  12:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BigSilver to your friends list
So, I get the general consensus here is an AU grade. Cracked from a MS62 holder. Not surprised.
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Cracked from a MS62 holder. Not surprised.

Buy the coin not the holder , How many times we've said this .
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 Posted 10/20/2020  8:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
I don't see this as a 62 coin, but now that it's cracked, I think you would be unlikely to see it in a similar TPG holder again. Given the discolored reverse, I'd value it at $20 tops.
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 Posted 10/20/2020  8:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Numis-Northerner to your friends list
Obvious wear on the obverse, splotchy patina on reverse. If you like it, that's all that matters, but if you were looking for a solid MS-62, then looking at the coin and disregarding what the holder says is what I would have done.
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 Posted 10/21/2020  09:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list
i had this one at MS62. an ugly 62 but still a 62
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 Posted 10/24/2020  2:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NumisEd to your friends list
With obvious wear (noted by many posters), why would ANACS have graded this as MS62? How on earth can it be mint state if there is any wear at all?
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 Posted 10/24/2020  7:18 pm  Show Profile   Check HumblePie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add HumblePie to your friends list
Very attractive Obverse to me.
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With obvious wear (noted by many posters), why would ANACS have graded this as MS62? How on earth can it be mint state if there is any wear at all?


I'm still trying to figure that out. I know I find that with scarcer coins, such as Seated halves and dollars the TPGs seem to have a "habit" of grading slight, or even obvious wear as a 'weak strike'. That's why you'll see lots of circulated examples of scarcer type coins in MS-61, MS-62 and even MS-63 holders. However I personally have two problems with my hypothesis, that being that I find ANACS to be the strictest US TPG when it comes the AU-58 or MS-60 "flip", and the other being that this coin is hardly a scarce type, so why would they be so lenient on this one? It's not even a scarce date for the type.
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With obvious wear (noted by many posters), why would ANACS have graded this as MS62? How on earth can it be mint state if there is any wear at all?


do not confuse weak strike areas with wear. in this case look at the reverse shield. no signs of wear at all especially on the perimeter. No wear on LIBERTY which is the highest device and would show any wear first.
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I just have a hard time seeing this a a weak strike, the ribbon shows obvious lustre disturbance as well as the braid behind it.
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 Posted 10/28/2020  12:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgan Nerd to your friends list
There is definitely wear on the highest points; it's not a weak strike. Zero amount of mint luster. Why would ANACS grade it MS-62? Why?! It's AU-55 to me.
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