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Just got this one graded by PCGS. Thoughts?   |
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United States
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I'll take the first stab...I'd have to say AU50 merely because the hair and ear seem to have some light wear. Might just be the photos though.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would say either AU-50 to maybe AU-55
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Pillar of the Community
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The reverse looks MS to me so I would suspect the photo or die wear attribute the AU appearance. MS62BN
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Soft strike on obverse? Very pleasant color.
Reverse is phenomenal.
AU58
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice example, finding a fully struck reverse on these is extremely tough.
MS-62 BN PCGS
For me....no problem calling that a 63...tough coin.
Edited by BadThad
06/26/2011 11:19 pm
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Hint of RD along the obverse peripheries. I am going out on a limb and say MS64BN. Nice coin.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I think its graded on the low side. Looks close to MS at least!
Its graded AU53!
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Bedrock of the Community
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PCGS and NGC can't grade the 20's branch mint Lincolns unless the coin is fortunate enough to look like any other in the series. It makes me sick.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would agree Thad. If anything, I got a good deal due to the low grade. I'll likely put a low MS grade on it after I bust it out of its jail cell :)
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If you spend an hour on ha.com inspecting NGC/PCGS graded, branch mint 20's coins it becomes obvious. They are unrealistically hard on them. Also, a lot of the branch mint planchets were funky, I'm sure those never get slabbed due to the TGP "cop-out" of "artificial color"....just because it doesn't meet their standard look criteria. I've been burned by them plenty of times to know. In general, people take the TPG's opinions too close to heart. Just because they say something does NOT make it fact. You know what they say about opinions. A lot of it stems from coins that have to meet a certain look to be in one of their slabs. If it falls out of that, they penalize it with a body bag or an unrealistically low grade.....classic. |
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Posted 06/26/2011 6:21 pm
