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Valued Member
United States
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Good afternoon CoinCommunity! Just testing my grading skill progress, and am hoping the community can confirm or critique as necessary. I believe this coin to be in MS-64 condition. What do you all think?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Too much wear on Abe's temple, cheek, jaw and lapels to be a mint state coin in my opinion.
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Valued Member
 United States
255 Posts |
Ok, so what would you grade it as? I'm still training myself to do this stuff so all the input is helpful.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I'm at MS-66 or even 67, possibly RD but can't be sure from these pics. A beauty.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
255 Posts |
@coinfrog how could I improve the pictures? Is it that there is too much glare? Or is the light too monotone?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3207 Posts |
Given the lack of hits, I'd say this is a mint state coin, MS-66, and that the flat looking areas on Abe are the result of glare. When you get glare there's either too much light, or it's too direct, or both, so move the light source away, or scatter it by shining it through paper.
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Moderator
United States
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IMHO, not a MS coin...AU-55 to AU-58 John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7055 Posts |
Obverse: as stated above, light issue or wear..  Reverse: Dark spot in the middle of the vase on the left-hand side of the stairs puts my opinion at AU-58. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU55++ for me. Given the photos, obverse shows modest wear on high points, as does the reverse (perhaps a bit less). Sharper, higher resolution photos taken using diffused lighting would help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Large date zinc, 64 sounds right to me.
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Valued Member
United States
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Guessing AU-53/55, too. In addition to other comments so far, the lettering does not seem crisp and some letters, like the N and G and the 8 and 2 on the obverse might be slightly flat from wear. Of course, hard to be completely sure with pictures.
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Posted 01/24/2021 3:58 pm
