GTG: Peace Dollar *** Grade Posted***
erwindoc
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Let me know what you think about this one. Im posting it to help me learn to grade the series better.
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ms31 (62 x 0.5)?
What does the reverse look like?
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It looks to be in an NGC holder - so should not their grade be pretty informative?
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64
I think those are die cracks along the date and along the hair bun, but the neck and cheek look like scratches. Good luster, good hair detail. I'm thinking 63. (edited to remove the 62-63 guess to one number).
The line on the cheek is problematic, yet overall I'd state a grade of MS64. Perhaps a single point down, certainly not a single point up.
peacockcoins
63?
Pretty reverse. Pretty chattery obverse.
All those little tics add up..
62/64
Net 62+
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Great luster with a hell of a scratch across the cheek.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I agree that the scratched cheek and chatty neck will hold it to 63.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
62, looks like struck from rusted dies as well.
Lots of die crack from a well used obverse die. Through the bun, neck and motto for sure. Hard to put a grade on such a strike as the worn dies sometimes make the coin look other than it is.
That being said I'd guess: MS63
bob
60
62?
63
MS64
63
62/63
Lots of good responses posted and most people were thinking along the same lines I was in terms of the grade. Not bashing the TPG at all, but this one has me wondering what happened because it got by several people before rolling out. All I can figure is it is a luster bomb that didnt image very well.
Holy cow!
Luster bomb Absolutely! MS-66+ No Way!
Wow.... I would have been a tad low on this one... Did not think 66+.... Interesting. Cheers, RickO
Strike and luster put the coin in the top tier; I'll be a contrarian on this one that the graders/finalizer got it right. Not a cac coin though.
This post proved that grading is an opinion, not a Science. I will not comment on the grade, as I have been told by members that I cannot, I will only say that it's not for me... Thanks for posting.
Uhh.. that’s nuts.
Whatever eye appeal was left on the table after the 2 big parallel cheek scuffs was totally erased by the rusty die pits.
Is that what could have caused the field marks on the obverse?
They show up as the mottled blotchiness in the fields, but I can see them on the portrait as well. This coin looks better on my desktop than on my phone but still not a 66+.
25-S peace also notorious for being struck from rusty dies. First 22-D I've seen, though I don't actively seek 22-D.
Good Grief!
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Friday afternoon coin?
MS63 congrats!
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
More like drunken Christmas after party coin...
Yuck.