Posted 08/19/2009 8:02 pm
Very nice example
Alot of these coins were used and abused and a number of them are quite ugly with a very small segment of gorgeous, almost proof-like high end BUs. Then occasionally you will find one that floated through only a few cash registers or perhaps spent a couple weeks in a pocket and turns out to be a very eye appealing, evenly toned slider(that would be your coin
) If you are not familiar with the term slider, I will refer you to the CCF Glossary-
The toning pattern on the bust and in the fields vs. the protected devices tells me that some circulation has taken place but wear is very minimal. One of the key PUPs for wear on the low relief Columbian is the lines on the sails of the boat- your center sail has full lines but they can even be flat on poorly struck Unc examples. If I had to assign a numerical grade, I would call it an AU55/58
Alot of these coins were used and abused and a number of them are quite ugly with a very small segment of gorgeous, almost proof-like high end BUs. Then occasionally you will find one that floated through only a few cash registers or perhaps spent a couple weeks in a pocket and turns out to be a very eye appealing, evenly toned slider(that would be your coin) If you are not familiar with the term slider, I will refer you to the CCF Glossary-Quote:
slider
A term used to describe an AU coin that looks, or can be sold as, Uncirculated. Occasionally used as a reference to another grade; a slider EF coin, for example, would be a VF/EF coin that is nearly EF.
slider
A term used to describe an AU coin that looks, or can be sold as, Uncirculated. Occasionally used as a reference to another grade; a slider EF coin, for example, would be a VF/EF coin that is nearly EF.
The toning pattern on the bust and in the fields vs. the protected devices tells me that some circulation has taken place but wear is very minimal. One of the key PUPs for wear on the low relief Columbian is the lines on the sails of the boat- your center sail has full lines but they can even be flat on poorly struck Unc examples. If I had to assign a numerical grade, I would call it an AU55/58
