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This coin below sold last night on an ebay auction. Can you guess this grade by PCGS? I personally want to know opinions on weak strike and wear and how do you distinguish the difference. I will reveal the grade shortly.    |
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AU to MS 62. Luster is EVERYTHING in this series. Impossible to grade accurately from images provided. Must be seen in hand. Anything else would be a true guess open to nasty surprises. Weakly struck (typical) examples when MS will still have cart wheel luster. Disturbed luster is AU even if only so called shelf wear.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I would say AU-58 as well.
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Pillar of the Community
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that's a nice example from this series....I'll go as high as MS64
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ms-62, better opinion, if it was in my hand..
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Hope this photo helps. Its PCGS trueview. I took away the certificate # just for the guessing. Notoriously difficult to grade.  |
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 with Nickelsguy. I could easily grade this, with the coin in hand... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Was this a slider or are the experts saying this is a solid MS63 weakly struck?
Personally in the hands of ICCS this would not pass AU50.
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Too many dings for 63. I have seen au in ICCS 65 holders......20 years ago maybe even 15, Brian at ICCS had a grip on this series. Since then....no better than anyone else. 50-50
Edited by nickelsguy
02/19/2020 3:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I am not familiar but how were these coins distributed from the mint in the 20's to banks and people?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Typical grade for PCGS, ICCS would have graded it AU58
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Typical grade for PCGS, ICCS would have graded it AU58 Go back and reread Nickelsguy post... you are making assumptions without the coin in hand. If there is no interruption of lustre, then ICCS would also give it a MS-62 or MS-63 grade. I have lots of examples of mint state weakly struck 5c coins, in ICCS holders. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Hey guys,
My idea about this coin is this...it sold for about 2300 canadian. Way below a true MS63 graded coin I think. I also believe the bidders could see through PCSG trueview the actual photos in real high definition. The crown area where the beads are missing appears like there is wear...shoulder area also looks about the same with wear.
I am also not sure when this coin was graded based on the certification numbers but grade inflation could have played a factor given the low mintage and key date attributes.. I would also assume, crossing over to ICCS this will not pass AU58 either.
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02/20/2020 8:03 pm
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