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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
This is definitely not my coin. I am very proud of my own collection for what it is, and quite comfortable with the truth that this amazing coin will remain above and beyond my range forever. What do you think this coin should grade?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36684 Posts |
Tough one, my guess AU-50.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2333 Posts |
I've never seen one...but I'll follow this to try and learn something.
smat
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
I'm going to guess the strike is soft and it's mid AU.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7616 Posts |
AU53 to this old man's old eyes!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
what a nice coin. super cool. I think its xf. I would expect it to be in an au holder.
for anyone who doesn't know its pronounced something like deem rather than dis-me. I went around saying it incorrectly for years before I was informed of my error.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
I've been comparing this lovely coin to various others that have sold graded. My my it is a very expensive coin! This one appears very similar to an AU55 I have been looking at that sold for $172,500 in 2008! I don't think it's the same one, it has the same weakness around the 'M' in Disme, and so I can safely say this was a weak strike with that same die. I'm gonna say AU55 for this and I bet it is worth a great deal more than what that one sold for in 2008!
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Valued Member
United States
485 Posts |
My first inclination was XF-45, but I have no clue how these coins should be graded. I look forward to learning some more about grading these coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
stacks sold an au50 for 132,000 earlier this year. nice coin.
i cant find any listings for a low ball that was solidly in the 6 figure range. sold a year or two ago. strange that they dont have that data point listed.then again coinfacts also has a sale of an MS80 (thats right...80) listed for august 2018...so who knows whats going on there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
This coin probably received an AU-55.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
AU-55 would not surprise me either, but this is way out of my league.
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Valued Member
Canada
88 Posts |
Have no idea as to strike & die quality in 1792 to offer a grade.
But holy crap, that is sweeet.....very early americana....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Amazingly one of these exists in MS-68 condition. For this one I will say AU-50.
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Moderator
 United States
15400 Posts |
Outstanding coin - thanks for sharing it with us. I'm going with AU50.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
735 Posts |
I've never really looked into these early Half Disme coins and am not familiar with the wear spots, That being said it does appear to be au so I will say Au-53 I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
751 Posts |
We are about one day (half way!) through this guessing game. I'll add that this Half Disme has no record of appearing in auctions, and was probably not sent in by Heritage, Stacks, or any other company with literal stakes in PCGS and NGC. In my limited experience (I respect the members in this community a lot for your experience) I have noticed that coins sold at major auctions are more likely to be overgraded than coins without auction histories. Do you guys (and gals) think I am crazy for seeing a connection here? |
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Posted 09/03/2022 12:25 pm
