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Lower grade GTG on a pretty scarce coin REVEALED

SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 26, 2022 1:44PM in U.S. Coin Forum


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  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fine

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  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm seeing at least vf-20 or 25. I just sold an xf-45 $10 of the same date and mint....purchased as a vf+

    Tom

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,045 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mtg 16,400 - nice! VF35 but a VERY weak strike? Doesn't happen often but I've seen grades like that before.

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,798 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF-20. Netted due to the hits on the reverse.

    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    20

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Vf 20 also.

    And the older I get, the more I appreciate absolute scarcity vs grade rarity.

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerguy21D said:
    Vf 20 also.

    And the older I get, the more I appreciate absolute scarcity vs grade rarity.

    Amen. I will not play the condition rarity game.

  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 8,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Details-cleaned
    Details-authenticated via bite mark on the reverse.
    But I assume all of that swept under the rug when it comes to scarcity.
    25

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 25, 2022 7:36PM

    Counterfeit would be my guess. The O mintmark looks to be added. Also the denticles beneath the date seem to be wavy.

    EDIT- It could just be the way it looks in the photo.

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  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭✭✭

    F15

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Details due to damage... but around a 20... Cheers, RickO

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,154 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not sure how PCGS grades Gold rarities with damage, but I think this is a VF35 coin that if not details would grade VF25 due to damage.
    Jim


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  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TPRC said:
    I'm seeing at least vf-20 or 25. I just sold an xf-45 $10 of the same date and mint....purchased as a vf+

    I was one of the first to respond to this, and was conservative, but after thinking about, I'm upping my estimate as well to 35 because there is a lot of meat on this coin, the strike is weak which is common, and it is an old and scarce piece. The services are just easier on these pieces, and I agree with the leniency. I wish I kept my $10.

    Tom

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Revealed in first post 20 in OGH.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 9,045 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh Well, so much for the higher grade, light strike theory!

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Steven59 said:
    Oh Well, so much for the higher grade, light strike theory!

    Maybe in a newer holder. They were not known to be well struck. I think the grade is about right.

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