1916 SLQ Newp.....nice Lil Piece Of Crustiness

Thank you for all of your opinions!! I am glad there are more folks out there that like the crustiness. Here she is in the slab.




There was a wide range of grades on this one, and many of you got it correct. I have noticed quite a few of you are quite tough on SLQs, which is a good thing.....it might give me some great buying opportunities in the future. Though low grade SLQs are my forte(I have owned 7 examples VG and lower in the past), mid grade examples I am not as experienced with.....which led me to do a LOT of research before purchasing this coin. My humble(yet biased) opinion is that this example is at the top 10-20% of the grade range. VG anything isn't in the ballpark. My pics are probably inadequate, but the date on this one is FULL up to the very top. I looked at the closeups of every previously graded F-12 and F-15 example in the Heritage archives before making this purchase(at least 30 to 40 examples). NOT ONE of these examples had a full date. Some of the F-15s were close, but just missing the top 5-10% or so. This linked Heritage example was the closest, with the tippy top 2% or so missing, and it sold for a strong premium too :
http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...6&lotNo=1307
Many VF examples don't have a full date either. As NLP coins stated, the rims and lettering, reverse details and date on this coin are all in the VF range. I think the limiting factor on my is some of the central drapery, clothing and shield details are too weak to make VF, which held the coin to F-15. Might be some strike weakness.

Sounds like you really did your homework on this one, and it obviously paid off with a fantastic coin!!

Vf 25.