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Valued Member
United States
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1952 S$1 NGC Mint State (not PL) NOTE: If you know or discover the grade of this coin, I respectfully request that you do not divulge it here.   Edited by TheColorofMoney
08/14/2022 1:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Small amount of wear on the cheek and trees. Many marks/digs on the cheek. I'd say 62 max, but NGC probably says 65 or something else out of whack.
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Canada
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"Strong 66, maybe even a 67"
(POV: you work as an NGC grader)
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Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll go 65 on this. Most attractive!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't see much eye appeal in this coin...the toning is uneven and disrupted in spots...nicks...MS-62.
KK
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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MS-64....the coin has a very nice strike.
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Canada
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I'd agree at MS63 - 64. Do see some light nicks / scratches. Technical grade aside, I find this coin unattractive. Oxidization/ toning in this case steals any eye appeal.....Curious to see the verdict !  |
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Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Lots of small marks, MS-64.
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Valued Member
 United States
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NGC MS 66 The party selling this coin pressed really, really hard that it wasn't just any MS66, that it was a very strong MS66+. I disagree. (I'd much rather have the white coin shown below - there was some back-and-forth that it might have been dipped as there is a white haze and a few white spots.) What I see on the toned coin are MS64 surfaces and then toning, and then slapped with a net grade of MS66. This is a NGC\PCGS grading trend that I see with toned Canadian coins over-and-over. This is particularly true of George VI and Elizabeth II Canadian coinage. What I find distracting is that the toning high-lights all the field marks - as opposed to minimizing or hiding them. NOTE: This coin was snapped-up quickly from the inventory in which I found it, so there is demand for these toned, overgraded Canadian coins. The grade on the holder is more important than the coin.     Compare the above NGC MS66 to this one - also NGC certified MS66 but completely white (if you ask me, there is no comparison - the toned one is an over-graded MS64, while the blast white one is a true MS66). If the toned one had that color removed, nobody would accept it as an MS66.     Edited by TheColorofMoney
08/17/2022 07:19 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I disagree. (I'd much rather have the white coin shown below... I agree with you. KK |
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Canada
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Just to add.....
ICCS would not even grade that a 65.
I'd buy it as a 64.
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United States
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Just to add.....
ICCS would not even grade that a 65.
I'd buy it as a 64. Which one are you referring to - the toned one or the white one? |
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That's why they say buy the coin and not the holder. Looks like they gave it an extra couple grades for the tone.
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Canada
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I was at 64 - mostly because of the strike which is stellar even though the eye appeal is on the low side.
The dollars are difficult. They're so big and heavy that it's hard to put them in a bag and move them about without some serious surface damage. As for the toning, I don't believe for a second that the white coin hasn't been dipped. The toning on coin #1 is not beautiful but it looks like what happens to silver over time. The question then, is where one comes down on dipping and a natural vs cosmetic look. Personally, I'm agnostic.
Arguing ICCS vs NGC vs PCGS is pointless - buy the coin, not the....
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