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1851 Seated Half Dollar, You Vs PCGS?

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 Posted 06/08/2023  09:25 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Heymikep to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Just picked this one up, what do you think PCGS gave it?

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 Posted 06/08/2023  09:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll say AU-53.
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 Posted 06/08/2023  09:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Posted 06/08/2023  11:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU53
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 Posted 06/08/2023  7:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kanga to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU Details wouldn't surprise me.
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 Posted 06/08/2023  7:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Why details?
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 Posted 06/08/2023  8:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ericgreen to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Posted 06/08/2023  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MisterT to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm scratching my head with this one. The head and hair are well struck. The fields look like they may have been wiped at sometime but perhaps that is scratches on the slab? I'm not really seeing any wear on the usual places (Knee and talons). Is it possible that this is an impaired proof? Did they even make proofs that year? I know it is a low mintage date.
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 Posted 06/08/2023  9:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MisterT to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Curiosity got the best of me with this unfamiliar series. I had to look it up on the PCGS site. Seems there were no proofs this year so my theory is shot on that. It is a very low mintage and low population coin with a rarity factor of R-6 in all grades. Even in G-6 this is a $1000 coin! I dare not attempt to put a grade to this one but it must be a $3000-$4000 coin?
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 Posted 06/08/2023  9:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinEnthusiast to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU-details (cleaned). It looks to me like this coin was very lightly wiped long ago. It is still a gorgeous piece.
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 Posted 06/08/2023  10:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add eaglebub7 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not that it matters for this coin. Looks to be a WB-3, repunched 2nd 1? Possible old cleaning retoned. Gut tells me AU53...AU55 if lucky.
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 Posted 06/08/2023  11:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ploopy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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 Posted 06/09/2023  01:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Super strong strike, almost no visible signs of wear or circulation, but the hairlines concern me like they do some of the others. Lacks luster, and appears to be retoning peripherally.

My gut says AU58 sharpness but probably AU details/cleaned
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 Posted 06/09/2023  05:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ArrowsAndRays to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU50. I'm seeing bag marks, like the L in HALF, and what I think is an old cleaning.
Wicked nice coin.
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 Posted 06/09/2023  1:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
second look at this one. I do think its been wiped at some point in its life. will it grade straight? not 100% certain. I still stick AU55 but there is a chance it would detail. still a nice piece
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 Posted 06/09/2023  4:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jaobler to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Tough date, near-MS detail, solid strike, and good eye appeal. The possible horizontal obverse hairlines look like the only potential problem. AU-55 is my guess but it could have received an AU details, cleaned grade.

Hope it graded straight, it's a beauty!
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