@TwoSides2aCoin said:
They're not raising the bar. They're toasting at it.
No - they scorched the bar. Instead of asking how low can it go, the new phrase is how high can it (the grade) go. The sky is the limit with grade inflation.
I don't know......but I'd think twice before blowing 5 figures on the OP coin that's showing a partial VDB. Potential future buyers may take this into consideration when a more perfect detail example is available and others surface with far truer centered and bolder strikes. Far too risky of a buy this one.
I like lkeigwin's example. Has a far better strike.
I like to add, not MS68 quality if those two "deer in headlight" marks on coat and by date are cuts into the surface of the coin. A coin can have such marks if they are hidden and hard to find.
Here's a MS68 6 step example I used to own, 1 of only 2 graded this high by NGC in the early series. My first coin to feature in a Heritage auction. There are two marks and a light scuff by the mint mark. But my point is, only in high resolution can one of them be seen. The other mark can be found without high magnification.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
@leothelyon said:
I don't know......but I'd think twice before blowing 5 figures on the OP coin that's showing a partial VDB. Potential future buyers may take this into consideration when a more perfect detail example is available and others surface with far truer centered and bolder strikes. Far too risky of a buy this one.
I like lkeigwin's example. Has a far better strike.
I like to add, not MS68 quality if those two "deer in headlight" marks on coat and by date are cuts into the surface of the coin. A coin can have such marks if they are hidden and hard to find.
Here's a MS68 6 step example I used to own, 1 of only 2 graded this high by NGC in the early series. My first coin to feature in a Heritage auction. There are two marks and a light scuff by the mint mark. But my point is, only in high resolution can one of them be seen. The other mark can be found without high magnification.
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No - they scorched the bar. Instead of asking how low can it go, the new phrase is how high can it (the grade) go. The sky is the limit with grade inflation.
With the cut under the date, I would NOT buy it in a 67 RD holder either. There are superior coins in 67 holders IMHO.
Frankly, the mark under the date couldn't be more distracting.
Smitten with DBLCs.
No sticker - at least JA agrees....
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/2819
Oh Well... Guess I'll just hold out for a MS69
That's a lot of money for a date still available in rolls.
I cannot wait to see the first ms69 1913 and / or 1938-d ms69 buffalo nickel. Imagine the big food fight to get that one.
It will happen some day!
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
I don't know......but I'd think twice before blowing 5 figures on the OP coin that's showing a partial VDB. Potential future buyers may take this into consideration when a more perfect detail example is available and others surface with far truer centered and bolder strikes. Far too risky of a buy this one.
I like lkeigwin's example. Has a far better strike.
I like to add, not MS68 quality if those two "deer in headlight" marks on coat and by date are cuts into the surface of the coin. A coin can have such marks if they are hidden and hard to find.
Here's a MS68 6 step example I used to own, 1 of only 2 graded this high by NGC in the early series. My first coin to feature in a Heritage auction. There are two marks and a light scuff by the mint mark. But my point is, only in high resolution can one of them be seen. The other mark can be found without high magnification.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
It doesn't look like a 1909 penny to me.
I prefer the look of the one recently graded personally.
So....what you're saying, all coin series should not follow the same grading standards.
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
MS68 with a big cut below the "0" of the date? Cut below the date...
Absurd.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.