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Grade Opinion on this 1858 Flying Eagle

HenryOHenryO Posts: 80 ✭✭✭
edited June 10, 2021 5:57AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Would love your thoughts on the grade of this coin. I was considering it as one of my next submissions on my annual vouchers.







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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,241 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks AU with a couple decent sized nicks. I also can't tell if the color is original or not, given the lighting used, so that may be an issue, too.

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  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would guess 53/55, I don't think the marks will details it.

  • HenryOHenryO Posts: 80 ✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Looks AU with a couple decent sized nicks. I also can't tell if the color is original or not, given the lighting used, so that may be an issue, too.

    Thanks Tom. Yea, I need to figure out the lighting thing with the pictures. I was using the light on the little USB scope.
    By the way, I picked up a slabbed WQ and a Mercury Dime in grade 66 in an economical year to have something in hand to compare. I'm coming to the conclusion that most coins listed on Ebay as uncirculated are not, unless they have been graded.
    I bought this FE as uncirculated, but after the WQ submission I was relooking at it as maybe 53?

  • Off_Cent_erOff_Cent_er Posts: 164 ✭✭✭✭

    I like it as an AU. Cant tell from the pics but it might have an old cleaning.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin!

  • VicPortlandVicPortland Posts: 285 ✭✭✭

    Great strike. Looks AU to me, but I don't think it will straight grade ...

  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The 9 looks like an 8 to me. ;)

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,508 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The coin looks AU and quite possibly lightly cleaned and/or of questionable color. I wouldn’t expect it to straight grade.

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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cleaned AU or cleaned and retoned AU

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it were my coin, it would go in a type set Dansco 7070 or Whitman or Library of Coins...

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  • HenryOHenryO Posts: 80 ✭✭✭

    @renman95 said:
    The 9 looks like an 8 to me. ;)

    I looked at my typo six times and didn't catch that until this post. Thanks!

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 10, 2021 6:02AM

    Nice coin. At first glance a 58. But more like....53/55?

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks low AU to me, with a light cleaning. Appears to be regaining some tarnish. Cheers, RickO

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