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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
As usual thoughts on grade, eye appeal and surface originality are greatly appreciated!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
AU53 with average eye appeal. The scratches on Miss Liberty and through the date are unfortunate. The area to the right of Miss Liberty's head looks played with too. Overall though it is an okay piece if the price is right. It looks as original as you usually will find Seated dollars that is to say not completely but not washed up either. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18717 Posts |
AU53 but it has a good shot at 55. there are some marks behind the head that are troublesome. its an odd place to have scratches like that without the surrounding area being affected
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Pillar of the Community
Taiwan
606 Posts |
This coin is graded PCGS 58+ and is in an upcoming Heritage sale. IMO inhand inspection would definitely
be warranted if you were going to bid on the coin as the grade seems a little generous from the photos. I
can see a 58 but not a 58+. If it was really that solid it should have a green bean.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3479 Posts |
Well done Everest! Nothing like killing a post before everyone has an opportunity to chime in.
Keep up the good work!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
The grade is au-58+. Sorry for those of you who didn't have an opportunity to weigh in .
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Upper body cuts really detract.
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Pillar of the Community
Taiwan
606 Posts |
My apologies MikeF. You are right I should have let the post run. I do agree with the other posters concerning
the distractions on the coin. The eye appeal appears average to me from the photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11914 Posts |
Sharpness looks AU58. I don't see a lot of wear. For circulated coins wear trumps marks, unlike unc coins.
I only see luster in the periphery of the coin which is why I would judge it as a mid-grade AU. Leaning more toward 53 than 55. I wouldn't pay 58 money for this coin. Grades make a substantial $ jump at this level.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Below average luster for the grade, excessive distracting marks, slightly weak obverse strike and lots of carbon spots especially on the reverse; I would not go higher than AU53 money under any circumstances as it may result in a difficult sale later, although AU55 might push it. The grade of AU58 is absurd, this is not a choice AU coin by any standards.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The toning looks like the coin may have been cleaned at some point. Nice coin but the eye appeal just isn't there.
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