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trdhrdr007 Pillar of the Community United States 2335 Posts	Posted 04/19/2008 12:22 pm I just added this 3CN to my collection. As always I'm having a hard time getting good pictures. I included 2 obverse pictures with different lighting that both came out terrible. The reverse pic is a pretty good representation of the coin. This ones in a PCI slab. I think they were optimistic about the grade. I've got an idea on grade & am looking for other opinions. I'm not sure this photo is any better than the last 2. I took this one in natural daylight. I guess I need to spend some time working on my photo skills. Detail is fairly good, but it looks flat & the luster doesn't show. Edited by trdhrdr007 04/20/2008 12:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Prethen Pillar of the Community United States 3234 Posts	Posted 04/19/2008 3:09 pm I can't tell by the obverse if this is MS or not. I'd have to go AU55. Edited by Prethen 04/19/2008 3:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6385 Posts	Posted 04/19/2008 3:24 pm I agree this coin should not make a mint state grade. Your blue-light photo shows some light hairlines which hopefully are faint enough so they won't set off any "cleaned" alarms. Luster is present but reduced in the open areas of the fields. I think light wear is present on the hair above Liberty's ear and brow. The weakness at some obverse denticles is strike-related, IMO. An AU-55 grade seems about right. Report this Post to the Staff
hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 04/19/2008 3:37 pm It's hard to argue with Prethen on 3CN's, but I would note that the die cracks on the reverse argue for a late stage strike. If the obverse die had the same number of strikes, I would speculate that the lack of detail in the hair could well be because of worn dies. Perhaps in hand one could go into the MS range. It is certainly no worse than AU-55 in my book. NIce coin! Edited by hunter20ga 04/19/2008 3:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
trdhrdr007 Pillar of the Community United States 2335 Posts	Posted 04/19/2008 9:02 pm There are many cracks on the reverse, including one thats hard to see that runs across the top third of the III. PCI has this one graded as an AU58. To my eye it's in the AU 50-55 range. Ya'll are pretty good considering the poor quality of the pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 04/20/2008 3:12 pm AU53-55? Kinda hard to tell from the pictures though. Report this Post to the Staff
j_h_s Pillar of the Community United States 1934 Posts	Posted 04/21/2008 05:10 am Cant see it very well; she's a beaut, tho Report this Post to the Staff
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