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United Kingdom
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Evening all I have an 1881-S . I would like your opinion as to its possible grade . Is it good enough to make MS65PL . Sorry if the pics are a tad bright but the mirror finish on this coin is outstanding and had real difficulty taking the pics . T.I.A   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am at MS63. The field area in front of liberty's face has too many marks to get to MS65. The mirror depth appears a little short to get the PL designation. Attractive example.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pics are not ideal but I'll say 63.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
63 sounds right
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Can't get a good feel, pass.
Edited by Coinfrog
11/21/2023 8:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
MS-63, not PL  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Looks AU to me, I think it goes 58, not PL
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say AU to MS.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36678 Posts |
The obverse looks AU-58 and the reverse MS. Looks like it was a mishandled MS coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3323 Posts |
Reverse looks PL. If the contrast between fields and devices is a sharp on the obverse, I could see this as a PL coin. Given that the '81-S should be sharply struck and PL examples are plentiful, the roughness shown on the cheek and obverse fields land me at an AU coin. PL is basically moot if that is the case. I'm sure it is a very nice looking coin in hand.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I'm betting this coin looks better in hand as the polished fields are showing more marks similar to what you would see on a PL coin. reverse is a little week for the year. AU58 or MS63 and I'm going with a slider AU58
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Posted 11/21/2023 7:33 pm
