I purchased this coin and I am awaiting grading at this time. I have done a tremendous amount of research and if you look the hair lines above her ear it has to be the most complete on any 1895 O to date, I have ever seen. When you look at the reverse the breast feathers are second to none. I am sharing this coin because it's a once in a lifetime and hope you enjoy her. If I had to guess the coin is better than any of the high graded ones on PCGS. The picture was taken under low light but it is almost blast white with only a few tiny hair line scratches on the obverse. on the reverse you can see only one small ding at 8 o'clock and the breast feather are amazing. I am no expert at all but when compared to the ones on PCGS none of them show this level of detail. this coin is defiantly a MS65+ what are your thoughts
Also before anyone asks its 100% real Michael
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Yes I am think the same thing but if you look at the highest graded one on PCGS it has several dings on the reverse and its a MS67. sometimes I wonder if the high-grade coins are slabbed for investors and then when something like mine comes around, they protect the clients coin, so it does not get devalued. But I guess that's where CAC comes into play. below is the highest grade 1895 O and it does not have the same level of details that mine has. Look at the hair lines above her ear and also look at the eagle's breast feathers, if you look closely the reverse has almost the same ding at the same location as mine, although mine is more pronounced but that one also has some scratches at 6 o'clock that mine does not. In addition, the face has many scratches. Well, this is defiantly an exciting coin. enjoy and love hearing your thoughts as sometime the owner of a coin always grades higher so hear your thoughts keeps me grounded
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Great coin with a strong strike! That bag mark at 8:00 on the reverse field is definitely noticeable, but a 65 is still possible. The amount of luster will be important, and although yours show some luster, the photos aren't showing booming luster like that PCGS example. It might be just the lighting, but I'll say MS-64, with a chance at 65.
the 95(O) are typically weak and soft when it comes to strike. yours is above average. luster is quite subdued on the obv based on the photos. cabinet rub is going to affect eye appeal on the obv. the problem I see is the surfaces appear dull. grading by photo is a challenge as angles and lighting can affect what we see.
using these photos MS64 and if this is what the obv surfaces look like in hand it may receive a details designation for a cleaning (dip). your second reverse photo looks MS65 so its going to be up to what the obv shows. can you post a similar one of the obv? if so i'll revisit my assessment. no angles, straight on. the reverse looks MS65 so its going to be up to what the obv shows.
also, when posting for folks to give opinions, refrain from leaving your opinions on the coin at least until everyone has had a chance to chime in as it can alter their response and I'm sure you want the most honest opinions you can get.
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone thus far sharing this magical journey. As the folks here are seeing a coin that has not been out of its collection for over 6.5 decades and now, she is out and about for the world to see.
I have been toying with the idea that this coin never was in a bag and the marks are from how they were minted and went through metal slides into a pan for collection and as it was probably struck at the mint and went directly into a collection and is one of the first ones struck. (Is there a way to see if a coin is a first strike or not?)
The reason I say this is because I have yet to see another with the level of details mine has. from the research I have done the New Orleans mint had very week strikes and for this one to have that much detail it has to be before the die had wear. in addition, I read somewhere the New Orleans mint was sloppy. LOL
In any case below is a quick video I tried to make using my stoves overhead rang exhaust lighting sorry for the bad video.
Good luck. This coin jumps from $80,000 in 64 to $225,000 in 65. One 2016 auction for a 65+ sold for $258,500 in an NGC holder. That coin was toned. Like others, I look forward to seeing the TPG grade.
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Quote: sometimes I wonder if the high-grade coins are slabbed for investors and then when something like mine comes around, they protect the clients coin, so it does not get devalued
I'll just repost this write-up/opinion by AuNuggets back in 2011
Quote: My personal feeling is that _____ is the most conservative and OBJECTIVE of the major 4 TPGS, based not only on their years of experience, but on the fact that they tend to be less commercialized. Let's face it, the "Join The Club" operations are more marketing and profit driven than anything else. That could also tend to be viewed as "skewed perspective" in that certain services might "grade to the owner" and not to the coin. There can be little doubt such practices are occurring where the major submitters are concerned. But all....
Quote: I read somewhere the New Orleans mint was sloppy.
this is correct. from 1886 through 1897 almost all of the coins minted at NO were weakly struck. you can see this with the hair around the ear as well the breast feathers.
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minimum 64 maybe 5, 
so hear your thoughts keeps me grounded
