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Bedrock of the Community
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Picked up this 55S today. The dealer was excited...but missed some details:  Yep, it's beautiful, barely a nick on it:  Those "marks" on the forehead aren't scratches. How about the planchet peel in the hair and a die crack across the forehead:  Just to add to the fun, how about a little die crack bridge between the BE (bottom of letters)?  Now....how about the EYEBALL in the 9! It's filled and there's a small carbon spec right where the pupil should be! HAHAHAHAHAHA Hard to photograph, but with a loop is funny as heck!    |
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Pillar of the Community
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All you see in the hair is die cracks...pretty common for mid-50s cents. and the thing in the 9 isn't a Cud. Those only happen when a piece of the die breaks away from the edge of the design. Inside the design they are die chips - also pretty common on 1950s cents. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think those are die cracks on the head. I have a partial roll of 1955Ds with the same thing.
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Pillar of the Community
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668 Posts |
Ahh. coppercoins beat me...
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Pillar of the Community
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It's also safe to say that it is not MS-66. Although a nice color, the die cracks lower the grade.
Thanks,
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
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I disagree. Die cracks can affect grade, but not by much. By all accounts the coin imaged appears to be upper-end gem, which would be MS66.
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Pillar of the Community
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she or he is a beut thats for sure
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll go by Chuck's thoughts on the grading. I do tend to be conservative. I do love the color of the color of the coin.
Thanks,
Bill
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Actual impairments on the die do not detract from grade up to 66 levels. Beyond that, the die has to be in good shape for the coin to grade higher. Beyond 66, we are not only looking for the coin to have a lack of hits and bag marks, but we are also grading the condition of the die.
MS65 requires an average to above average strike, and 3-5 small visible marks.
MS66 requires an above average strike, and only a few visible marks.
MS67 requires a strong strike, clear devices, and a minute amount of visible marks.
MS68 requires a strong strike, clear devices, and only one or two visible marks.
MS69 requires a sharp strike, sharp devices, and one or two minute imperfections (marks or die imperfections).
MS70 requires a sharp strike, sharp devices, and no imperfections of any kind.
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Posted 04/27/2008 11:58 pm
