You Vs PCGS 1847 Lsd

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Completely unnatural color for a mid range circ. 19th century silver type coin. This color and pattern would only occur on a circ. coin that had been dipped and then stored in a storage device that is known to impart toning quickly on a dipped silver coin.

I'd pass on this one too. PCGS has had a habit of letting minor faults like the secondary toning on this one to pass. They seem to have a tolerance through an undeclared measure of market acceptability on key/rare dates. No way would this ever get accepted by CAC.

I would have done the opposite. I would have kept this one, and let nature take its course by slipping it into an old manila Kraft coin envelope and giving it a chance to let the devices that you claim were too bright to darken. I sense that this coin is actually colored more like a steel grey than the coffee color that shows in your image, which I consider a much more natural color for the circumstance.

Judd, I appreciate your assessment and the time you took to share your knowledge, insight and offer your opinion.

I fell in love with that first coin at first picture sight but quickly realized that it did not match the theme of what I am trying to accomplish which is a full PCGS registry set. My fear was that the first coin would not make it into a problem free holder.




Perhaps the diffused lighting and photo techniques have fooled everyone. In-hand, this coin has a blast white and full lustrous appearance. I may have to take true to life pics with the old Iphone to show this.

Both PCGS and CAC (heck even myself) had the advantage of this coin in-hand so the toning, luster and true beauty of this coin were present and accounted for.

I'll confess that I have no idea where the previous owners had this coin stored over time and what caused the color to set in the manner which it did but in the end, I am very happy with this coin and feel I have made a proper long term investment for when the day resale comes to pass.

thanks to all for your opinions

My first thoughts were AU 55, then saw the first few responses and figured I was way off.

I know that ex. Benson very well and it was right on my radar. That's an investment coin and I came close to,purchase earlier this week until I found the AU53 with the CAC. It was not as high in price as that Benson and the CAC was the deal sealer at the grade and price due to resale hopes in a decade

This coin in PCGS AU53 or 55 do not come up that often so the charts should stay steadily moving up on toners like these with CAC designations

Let me know if you nab that one, I would love to see it in hand cam shots. I heard it's VERY lustrous. It should only go up in value very well in 10 years