1839 GA MC 8 reales ....can you identify why it detail graded?

bidask

Rare date !

scubafuel

Scratches, environmental damage?

bidask

@scubafuel said:
Scratches, environmental damage?

Can you be more specific by looking at the true view pic?

Boosibri

Details for damage... are there rim issues? The piece looks somewhat misshapen.

MrEureka

No idea. A good example of why I rarely buy coins based on pictures.

bidask

@MrEureka said:
No idea. A good example of why I rarely buy coins based on pictures.

I did that on this coin thankfully did not pay a lot .

eBay someone from
Russia

Look at the obverse field about 10:30

messydesk

I see obverse scratches 10-11 o'clock, not much else wrong with it.

dizzlecc

Tough coin to find graded. Reverse looks ok. It would have to be on the obverse, top right or top left or maybe. It is a nice looking coin,

scubafuel

The scratches are between the rays at upper left. The lower obverse rim area has that matte burnt look of early stage corrosion. But as MrE said, pics can be deceiving.

Abuelo

The obverse looks fine, just no feathers on the eagle. On the reverse there are scratches parallel to the rays.

scubafuel

Whoops true. Not used to eagles on the obverse.

trueblood

The obv graffiti.
But still a great great piece, I would have been very happy with her.:)

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coinkat

The scratches between 10 and 12 o'clock extending beyond the Rays prevents a straight grade

bidask

As far as I can tell it is the scratch/ graffiti between 10-12 extending beyond the rays

The patina and toning is excellent and original.

coinkat

I like the look of the coin and even though the scratches happened years ago and are somewhat hidden by natural patina as time passed, they impact the grade. Details is the most accurate opinion and outcome that best describes the coin

291fifth

Bent and flattened?

bidask

@291fifth said:
Bent and flattened?

No

pruebas

@messydesk said:
I see obverse scratches 10-11 o'clock, not much else wrong with it.

Except major negative eye appeal.

bidask

@pruebas said:

@messydesk said:
I see obverse scratches 10-11 o'clock, not much else wrong with it.

Except major negative eye appeal.

Not if you held it in hand!

pruebas

@bidask said:

@pruebas said:

@messydesk said:
I see obverse scratches 10-11 o'clock, not much else wrong with it.

Except major negative eye appeal.

Not if you held it in hand!

I don’t care how rare it is. It doesn’t belong in your collection. Ditch it.

bidask

@pruebas said:

@bidask said:

@pruebas said:

@messydesk said:
I see obverse scratches 10-11 o'clock, not much else wrong with it.

Except major negative eye appeal.

Not if you held it in hand!

I don’t care how rare it is. It doesn’t belong in your collection. Ditch it.

It’s rare

If I find another one I will let this one go

pruebas

@bidask said:

@pruebas said:

@bidask said:

@pruebas said:

@messydesk said:
I see obverse scratches 10-11 o'clock, not much else wrong with it.

Except major negative eye appeal.

Not if you held it in hand!

I don’t care how rare it is. It doesn’t belong in your collection. Ditch it.

It’s rare

If I find another one I will let this one go

It’s not that it’s circulated that I don’t like it. I think your (circulated) 1837-CaAM is a nice coin.

The toning isn’t right. And it’s got a lot of little issues (staining, spotting, rim defects, planchet issues, scratching). The overall package doesn’t work (unlike the aforementioned 1837-CaAM)

There’s a 55 and a 58 in the NGC Census. Why not wait for one of those rather than jumping all over “cheap” crap from eBay?

pruebas

The below coin is 100x nicer:

bidask

@pruebas said:
The below coin is 100x nicer:

Thanks for letting me know🤓