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Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 09/23/2005 5:58 pm What do you think the grade is? This coin was just sent off to ANACS this morning. I'll post the actual grade when I get it back. Report this Post to the Staff

ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/27/2005 1:25 pm Notwitstanding we have members selling coins worth millions nobody seems brave enough to answer this question I received a private mail asking please to add my thoughts Caveats ; I am only calibrated in 20 dollars between MS 60 and MS 66 Caveat 2 : on french coins I use the european system with a very clear cut off between a coin I would want to own and one I would not want to own ( high XF only ) Caveat 3 my pain medication for my ribs after the caraccident makes me a little less inhibited then I usually am There we go ; after manipulating the pics for 15 minutes I said brushed and lowest XF at best The coin being outside my buy range of intrest I consulted my mentor and teacher He said I was wrong on the brushing since there is no polarisation and no circular shine and that the lines running 6 to 12 o'clock were due to god knows what but not brushing He also said that the wear at at earside was too severe to be XF Overall he said VF In view of our mutual experiences with third party graders I personally expect you will make XF minimum grade Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 09/29/2005 5:47 pm Ageka, I can't tell you how much I'm learning about grading gold coins from you. While I'm very comfortable with my skills as far as silver, copper, and others go, I am still tending to overgrade gold. What you say makes sense. I thought the wear around the ear looked a little severe. I am surprised that the hairlines are not showing more wear, though. It's good to have a resident Gold Coin Expert on staff!! Report this Post to the Staff
Mike Rest in Peace United States 2884 Posts	Posted 09/30/2005 03:31 am ageka, thank you for looking this one over. I am curious about the vertical lines as well. I will be pleased with an an EF grade. Please extend my thanks to your freind who offered assistance as well. Your input is very much appreciated and respected. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Mike Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/30/2005 12:06 pm You have to realise that for the last three years I bought all coins on photograding without seeing them and was only disappointed a few times because the seller was so dishonnest to show the picture of a different coin My friend has been buying coins on photograding and having them slabbed and most came back one grade above our mutual consensus So we seem consistently to undergrade by one level Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 09/30/2005 1:55 pm The coin came back from ANACS this morning. AU Details - Cleaned. The area above the ear that appears to be so worn also appears to be a lot higher than the rest of the coin. I'm wondering it there was a minting error that deposited too much metal in that area. Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/30/2005 4:01 pm I am sorry to say that we cannot agree we the grade The cleaning cannot be proven and the classification is too high NCG would probably classify it as uncleaned and XF I did not look up prices but that is our judgement Report this Post to the Staff
ageka Pillar of the Community Belgium 2078 Posts	Posted 09/30/2005 4:07 pm quote: Originally posted by Susanlynn9 The coin came back from ANACS this morning. AU Details - Cleaned. The area above the ear that appears to be so worn also appears to be a lot higher than the rest of the coin. I'm wondering it there was a minting error that deposited too much metal in that area. As photo graders we are well aware of the high points of any gold coins The difference between VF and XF is very technical but to call it AU just confirms the problems between third party slabbers And why do they claim it was cleaned if there is no polarisation ? We use only NCG and never ever had these kind of unexplainable things Report this Post to the Staff
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