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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi Everyone, I have a 1914-S in an old ANACS holder, I was thinking about crossing to PCGS but though I'd see if the grade was on the money or not! The coin has a fantastic tone, iridescence with rainbow colors which is very hard to photograph in this slab.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't like the toning but that doesn't affect the grade much.
Can't tell is the horn is rounded but it's close.
Split tail -- good.
Strike is a bit better than average.
Hard to tell from your image about some areas of the obverse.
Assuming no problems that I can't detect I'd say definitely XF with a reasonable shot at AU.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
AU-55 with that tail, but I don't care for the look either. Almost appears stained.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Tough one, EF-45 + .Some wear obverse and reverse . Sharp date , 99% full horn , nice tail .  with coinfrog ,almost looks stained .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18665 Posts |
this is a tough one due to toning and lighting. I think I'm at MS62
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3470 Posts |
I'm in the 45-55 camp. Toning appears to be a bit dark but doesn't detract from the beauty of this coin.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
I'm agree with panzaldi. It looks like most all of the marks on the surfaces are planchet marks that didn't come out due to a soft strike. MS62ish.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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au50. it looks like there is considerable rub on the knot, the hair above the knot and the braid of the indian. The cheek is the high point in the obverse, but that looks well rounded. The hair, knot and braid look completely flat but the high point is well formed. The date seems to be all there.
Correspondingly on the reverse the buffalo's forward front leg is the high point of the design and again, it looks rubbed flat with nicks and hits. The hind leg is another high point, but that area does not look rubbed.
The wear pattern is strange because some areas look pristine and some areas look flat, not always consistently at the high points which would be indicative of a soft strike.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Typical strike issues for the buffalo series. Seems that nearly every date and branch mint have to be graded differently.
Obverse with a slightly weak or weak strike (toning might be hiding some of the strike).
Reverse - OH YEAH!! As others have pointed out - split tail and full horn. Shoulder and hip indicating some wear.
AU53 or possible AU55.
Toning....unfortunately, does not help this coin. XF45 at best.
I do not know if conservation will be able to save this coin.
Thank you for sharing!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
Canada
314 Posts |
I don't know this series well enough to comment, but wow, what a variety of opinions!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 Australia
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I think the photos are really not making this easy! So I've taken two more which might help (the old slab makes it very difficult to capture). I find the Buffalos the hardest to grade so its really interesting and helpful to hear everyone's comments!   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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With the new photos I'm seeing 2 scratches on reverse . One through AMERICA the other above Buffalo's hump .  |
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