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I sent this coin to ICCS for TPG and got it back last weekend. Anyone wanting to guess it's grade, I will post a picture of the flip and results tomorrow. Good Luck.    |
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Some odd toning but I like it.  MS-64. |
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something wrong with the rim on Obv ? I'm going with MS 60
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Not to disparage on your coin, but there is good ms 64, and bad ms 64
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I think it's a great looking coin. I would be more inclined to buy a toned dollar that's unique rather than run of the mill. Love the toning and old prints.
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Another example of why I prefer to grade my coins according to the Charlton standards. I simply can not see how any company can consider this a "Mint State" coin. No coin left the mint looking like this one. I realize everything is reletive, but it's sure misleading in my books.
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Personally, I find the toning moderately attractive.
GaryN: Of course the coin didn't leave the mint 75 years ago with that tarnish on it. Tarnish/toning most definitely does not make an uncirculated coin become circulated. Even a fingerprint on a lusterous coin doesn't make it "circulated". By definition, an uncirculated coin is one with no loss of detail due to wear from circulation.
Here's something to ponder: Let's say someone were to use an acid to dip the coin to remove the tarnish and make it bright and shiny again. Is this now messed with coin more or less natural? More or less like it's original "mint state" as it was when it left the mint?
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John..Some collectors don't like toned coins and some collectors (like me) appreciate them. If you saw the coin in hand I think you might call it a good MS64. Gary..The dollar is in mint state but is just toned and nothing is misleading about it. In the 1940's and 50's it was common for collectors to keep there coins in coin envelopes and this subjected them to toning. There was no airtight capsules etc. back then. As Poker mentioned this coin is original and it's surfaces have never been messed with. I sent it to ICCS with several others hoping it may get a MS65 as it has full lustre, few contacts, and is original. Unfortunately ICCS did not see it the same as me. ICCS are tough graders of Canadian coins and IMO are the best as they usually get it right. We collectors tend to over grade our own coins. You clean a coin you make it pretty and shiny, but you kill it's soul. Edited by wireman09
05/22/2014 02:48 am
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