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One of my teachers gave this to me back when I was in 5th grade and I have keep it safe ever since. I have had it for about seven years now and am into the hobby more and wondering the grade. Obverse  Reverse  Edited by brenpickle
08/17/2011 11:34 am
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I love that coin. I'm heading to ebay to make my first coin purchase. |
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Yea, I have always though it was an extremely beautiful coin.
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Rest in Peace
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Brenpickle, nice coin I hope you weighted it. Some of the S Bicentennials are Copper-Nickel clad ( 5.67 grams ) and some are Silver clad ( 5.75 grams ). I may be wrong but, this information I found was in the 2010 Red Book. Hope this helps. |
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I weighted it and it came out as 5.75grams. Plus the rim looks correct for a silver. So I am 99% sure it is a actual silver one.
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I've always really loved the design of the Bicentennial Quarters... I'm sure others on here can give a pretty precise grade, but it looks to be in really great shape to me.
It's not clear fron the photos how you are storing that coin, but if you aren't keeping it in some kind of holder that's designed to keep proof coins safe, I'd highly recommend you do so. The coin looks great now but sooner or later that proof surface will get damaged otherwise.
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It is in an airtight that I removed it from for about a minute to take the picture using cotton gloves. The background is a different cotton glove so I tried to keep it protected. I hope air for that long wont hurt it. I might get it slabbed if people think it is worth it. I am no expert, but I kind of think it is in the PF67 area.
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08/17/2011 2:02 pm
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Very nice cameo proof and pf 67 wouldn't surprise me at all.
The distinction between the high grade proofs are difficult with pictures because very small defects can drop the grade by a point or 2. I see a few white dots on the obverse field, dust or on the coin? Also eye appeal is important when up near 70 and in hand inspection is necessary, not to mention magnification.
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Most of the specs are dust from the camera. I think when I can afford to send it in and get slabbed I will.
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If the specs are just the camera then I think 67, otherwise maybe 66.
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Tough to grade these with the coin in hand as hairlines could be easily hidden by the photos. I would say that it looks at least a PR-65 and could very likely have a grade several points higher.
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Thanks for the information. I am going to get it slabbed one day in the future and when I do I will post here and let you all know what it got. Does one grading company do better on proofs between NGC and PCGS?
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Do you mean which service gives out higher grades or which one of the services sell for better money? From what I have seem, it seems like there are more NGC slabbed moderns with the top grades than there are PCGS. When it comes to top grade moderns, PCGS seems to sell for more money. This would probably be a coin that I would not send in because it would probably cost more to slab it than the coin is worth. You probably would only send it if you feel confident that you could nail the absolute highest grade of PR-70 DCAM.
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Ok, thank you doubleeagle for the information.
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