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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by solotime
10/23/2014 9:26 pm
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1900 AU58
1903 AU50 - AU53 w/rim ding/bump @ 12 o'clock
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 The 1900 piece could market grade as low MS if you got a break or AU55 if you don't.  The 1903 should make 53 and is at least AU50. |
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Thanks!
Tomorrow I'll use sunlight pictures.
I know those are the best kind.
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Tomorrow I'll use sunlight pictures.
I know those are the best kind. I disagree. I feel that sunlight is the worst-possible light to shoot under. You can't adjust it, and effective White Balance (as you prove here that you get right) means you don't have to care what color the light is. |
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United States
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These $5 gold coins are my favorite coin to collect.
That 1900 is sharp.
Definitely a keeper.
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If I understand correctly gold coins get a slight "nudge" up in their grade from the TPGs.
The TPGs take into account that gold is the softest of the coining metals, hence are more easily marked.
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I have heard the same Kanga. My eyes seem to think so as well based on my very tiny sample size.
The graded gold coins I look at seem grade inflated compared to a silver coin of the same era.
Might make for fertile ground for a good grader to cherry pick out raw coins and submit for grading.
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Korea, Republic Of
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1900: AU-58. 1903: AU-53. Both are nice coins  |
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Thank you guys for the in-puts! I have a basic understanding for the grade range! With the 1900 one, to me it's AU-58. Don't know if a TPG would agree but that's their opinion and not mine. Not even going to waste money having it graded when I know it's real and not cleaned. The 1903, I'm thinking like AU-53 or AU-50. Kind of harder with it. Possible cleaned too. Edited by solotime
10/29/2014 12:00 am
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