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Valued Member
United States
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1839 Gleaming 'Sleeper' issue, this is my oldest coin, what grade would you give this guys? Obverse.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
115 Posts |
Here is the reverse.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1295 Posts |
What a beautiful example!  I've never graded one of these before, but I'll give it a shot - AU-55? |
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 United States
23522 Posts |
Holy cow, this is not what I expected to see. What a pleasant surprise.  Fewer of these are in slabs than any other issue in the series. Fewer have appeared at auction. Maybe 10 sales of Mint State examples are on record. Sleeper, indeed, and this is a sleeper among them. I cannot decide if it has circulated or not. Either way, the surfaces are superb and eye appeal is ridiculous. What a terrific coin, a major highlight in any collection. I'm calling it AU58  for eye appeal. Street value well north of $5000. For those who may question, the date (only one die pair for these) is as expected, somewhat blundered. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
 with AU-58 ... FANTASTIC coin! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4337 Posts |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
It really looks like it's kissing MS so I'd be at AU 58 and lovely.
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
NGC graded this a AU58, thanks for the kind words, she is a lovely girl that's for sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Beautiful 58. Classic Head gold is a great series.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Really a knockout!  I'd agree 58 at least. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
946 Posts |
This is what I would call a slider piece! Au58 with MS appearance . Fantastic early gold piece! Makes me drool over my keyboard.
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Valued Member
United States
498 Posts |
im going to win this one with my guess MS 62. I love it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4409 Posts |
AU-58 however a low MS grade wouldn't surprise me Quote:
Obverse 14. The 8 and 9 in the date show evidence of repunching, leading some to call this an 1839/8 overdate, although it is actually an 1839/9. The 9 is very close to the hair curl, and distant from the border. Star 6 points to the bottom half of the headband, and stars 6 through 9 each show minor recutting.
Reverse F. Three Pale Gules. All letters in the legend are separated. The D in UNITED is slightly low. The lowest arrow point is below the inside right base of the final A and is separated from that letter. The stem tip is over the center of the D, and the lowest feather end is entirely right of the primary 2. The above variety diagnostics courtesy of Heritage Auction pdf I stumbled across a long time ago http://coins.ha.com/s/d/cqedvg.pdf |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2233 Posts |
Oh wow, this is a lovely quarter eagle! How much did this cost you? |
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United States
23522 Posts |
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How much did this cost you? I honestly do not understand people who think this is a polite question. |
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Valued Member
United States
258 Posts |
Wow! I'm at MS-62. Stunning!
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Posted 08/22/2015 11:30 am
