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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is this a raw purchase?
I'd agree it's been dipped. I'm at MS63
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Bedrock of the Community
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i like this one NS even though the obverse strike is a a little on the weak side the reverse is quite nicely struck up. surface preservation is off the chart. A few minor ticks on the legs and arm. the glare could be hiding other small ones. its not easy to find a nicely struck up eagle. it may have had a light dip but not enough that I can see to reduce the grade by several points as several folks have stated. i'd be surprised if this one graded less than MS64 and no matter how you look at it, its a nice coin
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Pillar of the Community
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The surface granularity we see in the fields on these 16 and 17 SLQ's is pretty normal. You see it a lot on some of the 16 and 17 WL half dollars, too.
Some people find it attractive, some don't. Personally, I like it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful coin! I'm thinking MS64.
Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Skin texture is normal for this date.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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No, the coin is not raw. Not many higher grade '16 slqs in the wild these days. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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94367 Posts |
Guessing the pics don't show the luster well.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Even though the 2nd set of pictures is blurry, I put them up just to show that the coin does actually have luster.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coming back to it, I'm giving mine a bump. MS64. Wouldn't be surprised with a 1 point swing either way though.
I'm also a fan of the granularity. Adds some texture, makes it look a bit more medallic.
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Pillar of the Community
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3663 Posts |
Oh my goodness.
Full shield, full rivets, full verticals in the inner shield. Toes. Lots of toes. Readily identifiable olives and leaves on the branch. Real, live, actual feathers on an identifiable eagle. Very few minor dings on the obverse, pretty near flawless reverse.
MS-64+ FH.
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Bedrock of the Community
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NGC thought it was Gem.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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The coin appears to be graded correctly by NGC. Fortcollins comments sums up the coin accurately. As a group, we were to low on the grades.
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Pillar of the Community
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NGC's opinion in the marketplace carries a lot more weight then ours on the CCF does.
Congrats! Nice pickup!
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Pillar of the Community
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing another wonderful coin with us.
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