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Here is the 09-VDB that I bought from Eagle1 what grade would you give it ? I can tell you for circulated I love the coin it has everything that you would expect for an example of this type ! try not to look at the other answers first !    |
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United States
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Rick, I am leaning toward EF-45
Jim
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United States
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I'm going with EF as well. There is just a little too much wear on the obverse for me to call this an AU, and most certainly not enough wear for this to drop into the VF category.
Pretty sure this is a text book example of EF.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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EF45 taking into account the couple gouges next to date and the scratch by ONE
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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EF-45 Excellent acquisition  |
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i was going to say au-50 but like bio to me the gouges knocked it down I'm no means an expert at grading but I am getting better so I am glad to see my answer matches everyone else I will say ef-45
Edited by scott3270
10/15/2008 6:08 pm
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Canada
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Rick, I'm gonna say.... I'm going to cut it back a bit to EF-40.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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EF-40 IMO but NGC or PCGS would likely go VF-30-35 due to the number of hits and pretty strong rubs on the wheat heads. Far too much wear for AU IMO.
I like the deep brown color, it's a nice coin.
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United States
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I was going to go XF 45 or AU 50 due to the detail, but thinking again, this is probably EF-40 with a strong strike.
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Hope you guys don't mind but I think I will  a little . should a mint state coin be down graded to AU because of nicks and dings ? |
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IMO no, but it shouldn't get much better than MS-60.
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Hi Rick. I seem to be seeing wear on the grains in the right ear shock and that would preempt a MS grade. If it is a strike issue, I would still expect the dings to keep it out of that grade range. What are your thoughts on the wear?
Jim
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The 1909 series were all well struck and from sharp dies. When I grade one, I take that into consideration. An MS coin should be perfect in most all respects.
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should a mint state coin be down graded to AU because of nicks and dings ? No, but this coin is not MS. The lowest a mint state coin can go is MS-60....lol.  |
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Posted 10/15/2008 2:36 pm
