New Acquisition $20 Liberty Gold DE
Leeroybrown
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Just got this peice in the mail today and wanted thoughts from the group on grade, quality, etc.
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Leeroybrown
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Gold CAC?
MS60? Looks like a lot of dark gunk from being stored in a European bank vault for 100 years or so.
MS61 nice luster
AU53 congrats!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
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AU58
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Nice coin, good color but if I would purchase it as a raw coin I would buy as an AU53. Too much wear in the hairlines for MS grade IMHO
Gonna go with AU50 Gold sticker.
A few more pics...
Oh a GTG. 53.
Well... I appreciate the flattering guesses on grade and that helps me to know the quality of the piece... please see the grade below...
Good job by all!!
Wow, I never would’ve thought the VF range. Definitely wouldn’t look out of place in an AU holder.
Yeah, I would have thought low AU as well
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I notice that this coin is in an older PCGS slab. In the early years of slabbing the grading services would either slab a coin with a straight grade or they would return your coin raw in a flip which collectors referred to as a "body bag". Once in awhile, if the problem wasn't too severe, they would silently net grade a coin downward and slab it. This coin may have had an issue they felt warranted a silent net grade.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
I also am surprised. I thought AU 53 - AU 58.
Would have said 55.
The coin looks awesome. Congrats on another sweet piece.
I was going to guess AU53.... surprised at 35.... Gold sticker indicates it could do better. Cheers, RickO
I agree they used to do this to a lot of coins back in the day, however I will tell you there is no way they net graded this coin... it is an absolute beauty and zero problems. They just simply graded it low cause it is frosty original surfaced and a beauty of a circ piece. I also believe the grading standards were diff back then which coulda contributed in some way...
Don’t know how anyone sees the piece as MS...with that said, AU50-53 would be fair.
I'm surprised so many people are calling it AU!
With this discussion in mind, I think the point is that quality and eye appeal can def be deceiving even for the trained eye... thoughts on that point?
How bout the other 2 coins??? Any thoughts on those next to the 1853 on grade???
An interesting piece for sure.
I like it a lot👌
I like it! Congrats and enjoy!