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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just picked up this guy at the coin shop looking for opinions on grade and toning:   |
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Canada
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Looks like an MS-65/66 to me.
Nice coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
I would say MS 65. I don't know if it's struck well enough on the obverse to go higher. Nice coin though!
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 United States
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Oh, pretty.  I hesitate to pronounce MS65; the bright lighting spot in front of the nose indicates field marks which may or may not be prominent in-hand. If, under the same lighting, the rest of the fields look like that, I think 66 is out of the question. Even with a really nice cheek - as this one seems to have - 65 can go by the wayside with enough chatter in the fields. Would I be at the front of the line if you chose to give it away? Oh, heck, yes.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4989 Posts |
Fields are a bit cleaner in hand than a PCGS-66 coin I have in my collection so I'm hopeful this will be at least a 65
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United States
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Fields are a bit cleaner in hand than a PCGS-66 coin I have in my collection so I'm hopeful this will be at least a 65 A reasonable conclusion, then. 65's aren't terrifically rare, so NGC wouldn't hesitate to award the grade based on "created wealth." |
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United States
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Nice lloking coin, I like the half moon toning. I'm going to call it a slider MS-64 for sure, MS-65 maybe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
It was fun at the store I went through about 20 of these GSA coins tossing one after another aside "junk, junk, junk..." Finally got this one and I was like "wow clean cheek!" "wow clean fields!". And then I flipped it over and saw the half moon at which point the dealer grimaced and said "sorry about that wouldn't have put it out if I knew the back was that bad".
Time for negotiations :) I got a pretty good price.
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Greece
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amazing toning - fabulous coin.I will sleep now and dream on it   |
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Greece
425 Posts |
God this black toning it's amazing.
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Pillar of the Community
3660 Posts |
Gorgeous coin Fenton...I hope to see it again soon (in another thread).. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Looks like a strong 64 with a good shot at 65.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3076 Posts |
I'm sure its about MS 63.....MS 64 would be a SLAP IN THE FACE...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
I love it when I find great toning in a GSA holder since it is almost certainly attributable to how the coin was stored in its original mint bag. Many coins in normal holders were retoned at some point in their "career".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a toning fan, however this just points to the history of the coin.
Very nice coin. I would leave it as is.
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Posted 12/17/2010 1:58 pm
