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Alexthegreat Valued Member Germany 157 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 11:32 am Hey guys, I bought three Half Eagles from the same seller. I think this one is the best, but I am open for further opinions. I posted the other two ones as well. How would you grade this one? Report this Post to the Staff

GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 11:36 am XF Details Obverse Rim Damage Report this Post to the Staff
Alexthegreat Valued Member Germany 157 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 12:18 pm Are you sure that the rim problem is huge enough to give a details grade for this very lusterous coin? Here are further pictures Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 12:28 pm In that case no, XF45 Report this Post to the Staff
cableguy815 Valued Member United States 414 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 12:35 pm XF Details rim damage? How can you even throw out a grade like that? Assuming this coin does detail... there is absolutely no way it gets XF details. I am not a US coin guy and I don't really like gold coins, but to my eye, if this coin grades straight, it's at least an MS61. Luster is visible so that's a big plus. However, there is also a lot of "chatter" in the fields and I do not like that contact marks below the bust (above the date). Gold is a soft metal so the slightest contact with anything will leave marks. I've seen enough holdered US coins in the low MS range with this kind of chatter. Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 12:49 pm If it was silver I would call it AU58 because the fields have that circulated "look". For gold though, I have no idea. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 12:54 pm AU-58 Report this Post to the Staff
Alexthegreat Valued Member Germany 157 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 2:23 pm I collect (german) gold coins for 5 years now. Each Half Eagle has still a huge amount of lustre, but bagmarks as well. So I think that they are all something between MS 58 and MS 63. My problem is that I dont know which one to choose. Agony of choice Edited by Alexthegreat 02/20/2019 2:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 2:28 pm Mid to high AU, the kind of thing that commonly exchanged hands as uncirculated when I was younger. Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 2:29 pm Quote: XF Details rim damage? How can you even throw out a grade like that? Until OP added new pics all I could see was a "gouge" 2:30 K. Report this Post to the Staff
cableguy815 Valued Member United States 414 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 2:48 pm I would hardly call that a gouge and from my perspective, that's not something that would detail a coin, but that's besides the point. My issue is that you detailed this to XF when the coin is clearly high AU-low MS. Here is an example of an UNC details coin with similar level of detail and contact marks on the devices and fields. It is UNC details... not XF. I can sort of see this as an AU details but even still, UNC details makes more sense to me. https://coins.ha.com/itm/liberty-ha...ption-071515 Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 4:22 pm The reason for my AU-58 grade was that I see a small bit of wear. I agree that it doesn't appear to be EF, however. Report this Post to the Staff
Alexthegreat Valued Member Germany 157 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 6:02 pm Hey guys, I made pictures with all 3 coins. Which one would you take? Report this Post to the Staff
llewellin Pillar of the Community United States 1005 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 6:12 pm XF details rim damage is absolutely ridiculous for a while I thought pictures had been switched until I saw other comments. AU58 on the first coin. Report this Post to the Staff
llewellin Pillar of the Community United States 1005 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 6:14 pm I'd take the coin on the bottom it's a stunner to me Report this Post to the Staff
cableguy815 Valued Member United States 414 Posts	Posted 02/20/2019 6:28 pm agreed... bottom. Report this Post to the Staff
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