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Valued Member
Germany
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Hey Guys, how do you feel about this coin? Is it possible to work with the pictures?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3327 Posts |
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
With the pictures provided, it looks be MS-64+. We love gold!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
I would think MS-64 from those pictures.
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Rest in Peace
10197 Posts |
Need a closer in hand look...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Looks well struck with strong luster and minimal contact marks. I'm thinking MS65 from these images.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Looks to have no wear at all, therefore some sort of MS grade.
I agree with Crazyb0; sharper focus pictures would help to give us the same advantage that a TPGrader would have, examining in hand with a 10X loupe.
I always look for hits on the rays with these.
I will go for minimum MS62, but could well be quite a bit above that.
Attractive, better than average strike; that may appear to boost the grading from pictures alone.
I have noticed that TPGraders are quite tough on American gold coins.
This one would be better off in a slab for protection, even more so than having it TPGraded.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To me the pics are not sharp enough to get a clear look at contact marks, so I'll pass here.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 Germany
157 Posts |
Okay boys, here are the sharper pictures! I bought this coin in france for 80 Euro over the melt value including the shipment fee. I was hoping for a MS 64 and expecting at least a MS 62. I think this was a good buy. How do you feel about this coin now? Greetings from Germany Alex        |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the blurry obv picture better  Looks like she took a hit to the shin (and knee). Otherwise, very nice gold piece!!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
The new pics put it on the 64/65 line. It's at least a 64.
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Valued Member
Germany
157 Posts |
Thank you for the answers! I am very happy with this coin as well. Are there further opinions? At least we have good pictures now! What would be the US-Price for a coin like this? I paid 1120 Euro.
Greetings from Germany
Alex
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What would be the US-Price for a coin like this? I paid 1120 Euro. 1120 Euro is $1334 USD today. This piece contains $1245 USD in gold today. As a raw coin most would put it around $1400 USD. You got a good deal. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very lovely clean fields. Great coin! 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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