Learning To Grade.practice Practice Practice (1857 Flying Eagle Cent)

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honest_abe New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 1:12 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. * I'm starting a thread where I grade coins from my collection, then post pictures to get feedback from the community about how well I did. I've been studying the ANA grading guidelines and spending much time on photograde.com. I'm pretty sure I'm getting better the more I practice, but input from others is invaluable. Please try to explain why you give the grade you give. Thanks, everyone! Let's start with a Flying Eagle cent. Report this Post to the Staff

panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18665 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 1:35 pm XF details. coin has quite a bit of verdigris from improper storage. scratches on fields. gash under N in CENTS. coin was cleaned. the original skin is gone. Report this Post to the Staff
Slider23 Pillar of the Community United States 4469 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 2:02 pm On grading copper color is important. I would be surprised if the coin looked in hand as shown in your photo. If the photo is correct, XF/VF Details cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36745 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 2:11 pm EF details, environmental damage. Report this Post to the Staff
honest_abe New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 2:34 pm Wow, I'm surprised to hear XF. I gave this a VF30. Clearly this coin has a verdigris problem, but if the coin's been cleaned wouldn't the verdigris have been removed? Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36745 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 2:40 pm You might want to start a new thread for the quarter. Otherwise it will get lost. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 3:12 pm Quote: I'm starting a thread where I grade coins from my collection, then post pictures to get feedback from the community about how well I did. @honest, this is a great idea, but you'll need to start a new thread for each new coin. I'll split off that most recent one into its own thread but pls continue to start new threads from here. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 4:02 pm I'll say EF details (ED, harshly cleaned). to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74197 Posts	Posted 01/19/2024 6:44 pm EF Details. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 01/20/2024 9:26 pm Your color is way off. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
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