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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi All, Just picked up this 1857 'O' mint mark half eagle and would like your thoughts on whether it would be worth having it graded and slabbed. Sorry about the picture quality but I only had a cell phone available. Thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
From these photos, I can only venture a guess at the grade...
EF Details, Cleaned (net EF-40)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree cleaned, but I'm at a VF grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 Canada
121 Posts |
Thanks, appreciate the replies and info so far. My question is, do you think it is worthy of being professionally graded?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6384 Posts |
Looks like VF-30 details, cleaned.
This is a scarce date and is worth quite a bit, even when cleaned and worn to VF details. A slabbed coin should be easier to sell (and will likely fetch a higher price) if and when you decide to put it up for sale. I think it would be worth investing the grading fee.
I'd probably pick ANACS for this piece since they are reliable for authentication and would charge less than PCGS or NGC.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
Looks like VF details, cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
It looks like VF cleaned details. If you're going to sell it soon, have ANACS slab it to save money. For now just check the weight. It should be a little over 8 grams. Nice date to have!
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Valued Member
United States
152 Posts |
I would almost say polished, not just cleaned. Not worth grading.
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Valued Member
Canada
121 Posts |
The coin in hand does not look polished or cleaned but has obviously been in circulation at some time. I will try to post better pictures when I can get my hands on a decent camera.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
Nice rare coin of 13,000 mintage. Agree, send it out to get authenticated asap if you wanna sell it.
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Valued Member
Canada
121 Posts |
Finally got some better pictures.   |
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Valued Member
United States
354 Posts |
Rare mintage. I think you should try grading it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2936 Posts |
I agree with the "worth grading" option. Graders tend to be (historically) a bit more lenient on grading the more scarce gold coins as to cleaning. However, I'm still trying to get an 1840-O Broad Mill Half Eagle through myself. Definitely give ANACS a try. I need that one by the way...  PG |
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Valued Member
United States
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VF-30 that may or may not come back as cleaned. Still worth it to certify... it's a one of three tough NO HEs from the '55-'57 run, and the last no motto NO Half Eagle before the mint resumed coining HE's in 1892.
ET
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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I would not send to ANACS. If you want to sell it, send it to NGC or PCGS through a dealer that has a membership. If you don't want to sell it, keep it raw until you do. Then get it certified by whatever service and whatever standards are in use at the time. I'm glad I did not spend a bunch of money getting ANACS certificates 20 years ago that are now using too tight standards and worthless as everyone wants plastic slabs.
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Posted 06/30/2016 4:53 pm
