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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Please let me know your thoughts.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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average strike for this year. I'm a little concerned about the spots on the obverse. I think the coin may have been dipped at some point and not rinsed properly. another indicator is the flat luster areas on the reverse fields. I don't think it was over dipped though. it is difficult to grade through toning like this but due to the broken luster and obverse eye appeal I can't put it higher than MS63. tough call on a details designation so I'm calling it straight for lack of a better obverse photo (lighting)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, an obverse pic with more light on the fields would help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like an MS coin. MS-63 judging from these photos.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The reverse looks nice, MS64ish, but the obverse holds it back. It may just be a bad photo. I'm going MS62.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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58 The reverse has muted luster and possible circulation rub.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9792 Posts |
MS63 possibly tough call on the obverse being so darkened with toning, it could hide many scuffs or it may be even nicer. SO a middle of the road guess at MS63 based mainly on the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@ panzaldi... "another indicator is the flat luster areas on the reverse fields"
Please help me learn more with grading from photos...What areas do you see this on, where should I be looking ? Under the eagles wings between the wreaths?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MS63 as well, but I'm primarily basing on reverse appearance given the minimal amount I can make out on the obverse through that toning
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No opinion on grade here, but I'm hesitating on the obverse toning. I'm not so sure this is AT. The spots aren't in a pattern, which is what would be expected from a paper towel or dish cloth.
I could well be wrong here, but I've seen similar spotty toning on silver coins from some of the WW II / early 1950s era one-sided display albums. There was something about glue used on the backing paper that left the spotty toning. These albums were much more cheaply made than the classic pre-war albums. The plastic display side left coins with light peripheral gold toning, and the paper reverse sides had bleed-through glue that left spotty toning.
The one I remember best was Wayte Raymond's second generation albums. IIRC, they were branded "The Popular Album" or something like that. I think they had a slot to display the coin's reverse, and an 1889 UNC/BU would have been a good inexpensive candidate for that.
This coin has that light golden peripheral toning on the reverse, and has a deeper golden color in the cotton blossoms and other parts of the obverse.
Not sure on this, but it was enough to make me pause a bit when I saw it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Repeat, better obverse pics with lighting needed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Please help me learn more with grading from photos...What areas do you see this on, where should I be looking ? Under the eagles wings between the wreaths? i would expect to see something similar on the obverse but the toning is just masking the surfaces  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hard to say on a grade with the photos . I think we are missing most the marks . I think the duller areas on the reverse are the lighting . Coin looks UNC to me.
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