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New Member
United States
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Dear all, I just received this coin back from NGC and wanted your opinion on the grade. I am new to grading and sent my first coins to NGC so I wanted to see how you guys would grade it :) The pics are the HiRes pics provided from NGC. Of course I will reveal the grade in the end. Thx all and have a nice weekend    |
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Kind of black, and no mint luster. I'd say AU-58. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1527 Posts |
Current state of the pic's provided precludes me from giving a grade.
The Cheek looks clean, but the Obv. looks cleaned around the lettering. Impossible to tell.
Could be anywhere between AU-50 to MS65
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
I hope the photos aren't a true representation of the actual coin..
It is near impossible to grade a coin from those photos..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7620 Posts |
Pictures are not good enough for me to render a guess on the grade.
Knowing what I know about 1884-S dollars though I'd guess your coin is somewhere between XF 45 and AU 55. I doubt very seriously if it made MS 60 or higher.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5671 Posts |
Surfaces are hard to assess from the photos, but if it didn't get a details designation, I'd guess AU-55 or AU-58.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Surfaces too dark to evaluate.  to the CCF! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
AU55. I'll guess it straight graded by your smile. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
594 Posts |
Yes the photos need improvement for a proper assessment ... but ... the hair and feathers are well defined. I will assume the best and give it an MS63. Might even grade to a 64.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19155 Posts |
As above, I can't tell much with the photos posted. The images appear far too processed. Would love to see the image histogram.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
992 Posts |
I'd give it AU details - environmental damage based on the pics.
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New Member
 United States
28 Posts |
Sorry folks, that's the original Hi-res pictures I received from NGC.
I'll try to get the low-Res pictures uploaded.
but that's just how NGC supplies their pics!?
Not my fault :)
But so far your guesses are actually not what NGC thought...
Thx for all your help!!
Sorry I'm new so excuse any failures.
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
here are more pics   |
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Edited by Morgan Nerd
10/30/2020 6:45 pm
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
... which would lead to Unc Details then, or am I wrong?
The cleaning is the thing I'm curious about...
I honestly didn't see any cleaning on the raw coin but now with the NGC pics maybe some cleaning on the obv..
but still compared to the straight graded MS63 and 64s I own from NGC I don't really get the true grading.
Any other opinions?
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Valued Member
United States
171 Posts |
Yeah, Uncirculated Details, not MS-63; I was just joking. I polished a silver dollar years ago when I first started collecting and didn't know what I was doing. The results looked just like that coin.
Is it details, or straight?
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Posted 10/30/2020 4:13 pm
But cleaned. 
