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New Member
United States
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My second attempt at visual grading from an inherited collection and I'd appreciate other opinions (apologies for keeping the coin cut off in the case) Thanks for your thoughts!   |
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Valued Member
United States
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I'd say MS-63 or MS-64. Good photos, it's just the photo for the Obverse is slightly to blurry for me to make a decent guess. Oh and  to the CCF Edited by johnhenry9009
03/02/2024 7:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Once again, terrible pics that do not even show the full images of both sides. Same blurred off-center pics as in your first thread. C'mon
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@blackjak - ignore the prior poster. Getting good pictures of coins is difficult. Those who have never tried it have no idea. I understand how difficult getting good images of coins is. After thousands of attempts it is still challenging. The coin looks BU. The label says CH BU 65 but CH Bu is usually 63-64 and 65 is usually GEM BU. I think that this coin misses that mark because of the large mark on the reverse below the eagle, to the right of the arrowheads. It is nevertheless uncirculated. But even if the mark is due to a strike through at the mint I would say that it is not choice BU. Maybe MS62. If you are able to provide a picture of the full obverse we could provide a better grade determination based on the whole coin. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
03/02/2024 7:37 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@coinfrog - In the almost 8 years that I have been here I have never seen you post a picture that you have taken of a coin. But recently you seem unrelenting in criticizing pictures that others post because they don't suit you. Photographing coins well is extremely challenging, but lately you seem to rant daily about having to grade based on what you consider inferior pictures. Can you please just grade what is in front of you or just not grade the coin if you can't do it from the posted pictures. Your behavior is becoming increasingly offensive.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74293 Posts |
I'll say MS-63.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Gotta agree with @NS here - lighten up Frog. If you're that interested in "properly" cropped and rotated images, this took me less than a minute. You could help out a brand new member instead of criticizing them. Old timers get used to it, but new people get discouraged and go away. That's not what we want here.  |
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 United States
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blackjak, Taking pics of coins is not an easy thing for most people. I recommend you remove coins from holders before taking pics whenever possible. Your coin looks like it is in a snap together holder. Remove the coin and take new photos.You may want to filter your light as well.Are you only looking for a grade or to verify the VAM? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coinfrog you tell it like it is man and we love you 99% of the time...except when I disagree haha  blackjack welcome to the forum pop that coin out and try for some better pics the ones posted are too fuzzy for anything but a guess like the frog mentioned. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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That large scrape on the reverse near the arrowheads didn't show up at all on your original pics, and that would probably limit this to a 63 at best. More focused pics that show the whole coin would definitely help.
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New Member
 United States
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Appreciate all the comments and advice. I went ahead and opened the case and took new photos. I'll upload them as a new post to keep things clean.
Thanks everyone!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36749 Posts |
Can't grade from these photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18670 Posts |
if you are using a phone try this it may help
1. if coin is in holder, remove coin from holder if possible
2. turn off flash
3. place coin on flat surface with indirect natural light. maybe a window sill in a cloudy day. Use a black or white background to avoid any reflective color
4. move phone about 3in from coin
5. zoom in using your fingers until the coin comes into focus and fills the cameras view finder. if your phone has a portrait selection use that and then press and hold on the coin in the view finder to AF lock it
6. hold phone steady. if you can't then place something on either side of the coin (like books) at that distance and lay phone between them. this will hold it steady and allow you to zoom and take the photo without any blurring
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