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Valued Member
United States
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What is the typical strike of this issue in mint state?
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Valued Member
United States
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Many have areas of lightness including weakness at the rims. If you have one, we'd love to see it as there aren't many remaining.
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Moderator
 United States
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I took a trip over to Heritage to research this question. They don't appear to be hugely rare in lower Mint State grades - pops indicate a few hundred. Strikes (I looked at the first ten or so that met my criteria) for examples I checked in high AU - MS62 looked pretty good across the board.
To generalize, "typically" I'd tend to expect a good strike and lean towards wear rather than strike, if that's what you're getting at. Be aware, though, in numismatics there are always exceptions.
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Valued Member
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Thanks for the information; I'm looking at a coin in MS-64, and if I purchase it, I'll eventually post it's photo.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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any of the branch Gold coins is fascinating especially the D and C mint marked coins as they are very rare and their price is astronomical so if you are looking at a MS-64 example I couldn't imagine how much it would cost and am in the group that wou7ld love to see pictures if you acquire it.
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Thanks for the information; I'm looking at a coin in MS-64, and if I purchase it, I'll eventually post it's photo. These become rather pricey indeed at that grade level; I would probably not purchase one outside a PCGS slab considering the value reaches 5 digits. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you find one in a PCGS rattler slab, be sure you check the back label. Back in 1989 then the fake PCGS rattler slabs came out many of them were 1924-D double eagles in MS-64 with lower grade coins in the slab. My fake rattler is a "MS-64" 1924-D.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks to all who have responded to my inquiry! Regarding the fake coins in the old PCGS "rattler" holder, the coin I've seen is in a current PCGS holder, and I have no worries about it. As I mentioned, when I acquire the coin, I will definitely post it's photo for your viewing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You gotta be kidding.....pcgs only for things past five digits? I trust ngc just as much!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The coins in the fake rattler slabs were not fake, they were real coins, just overgraded.
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Valued Member
United States
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Never have been able to figure out how to quote and reply on this site, but in response to Panda's post: "Is this MS-65 cheap? http://www.ebay.com/itm/221141487135"I'd suggest that over $2500 for that coin might be a little higher than I'd pay, plus buying a coin of that price from someone with only 16 sales might be risky. |
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Pillar of the Community
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2500 for a ms65 graded saint is a good deal
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2500 for a ms65 graded saint is a good deal Quite true, generally speaking. For 1915-S in MS65, though, only 5 out of the last thirty sold at Heritage exceeded $2500, and 4 of that 5 had CAC beans. I will say that there seems to be far less differential between NGC prices and PCGS prices for these - the reason I recommended the PCGS slab - so I'll soften that remark. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Np superdave, I just want people to buy the coin and not the holder. Both companies have their faults but they do a great job. My own collection is mixed with pcgs, ngc, and some anacs.
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I think PCGS grade is more consistent than NGC
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Posted 10/14/2012 6:24 pm
