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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi Everyone, Recently graded an 1896-S $20, was curious to see what the forum thinks of the coin and what PCGS thought!  Thanks for looking  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Grading these is so luster/color dependent it's tough to get a solid read from images. This coin has gem level surface preservation with a touch of obverse strike weakness. The key luster and color are a bit under gem level so I'd guess MS64. It's a well-preserved and beautiful piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with BH. Reverse is remarkably free of major nicks and hits, obverse has some hits near the chin and above the head, but other than that remarkably nice. Ms64 with a shot at ms65
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin is close to MS-65, which is unusual for this type, but pesky scratch in front of Ms. Liberty's chin knocks it down to MS-64.
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United States
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United States
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What is going on above the hair on the obverse at 2:00? When I enlarged the image it almost looks like a small word was counterstamped into the coin. I swear I can see the letters TY with other possible letters in front of it. Maybe my eyes are playing a trick on me.
Otherwise it looks like an MS-64 coin
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
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 CCF says MS64 |
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United States
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United States
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I'm with the poster above........ms64+?
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Valued Member
 Australia
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I agree with everyone's view, I thought the coin would grade MS64 with a shot at MS64+. PCGS viewed it differently and it came back MS63 (which is a little disappointing). I will post a picture of the coin in-slab once it arrives.
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Posted 01/22/2017 10:19 am
