Elizabeth with necklace
davewesen
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How can you tell if a coin is very well struck or has added scratches/tooled ? I was bidding on this GEM until I decided something could be wrong. What do you think?
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Yes there appear to be scratches.
What year and denomination is the coin. What did it grade at?
1967 NGC MS66
https://ngccoin.com/certlookup/2858709-002/66/
An NGC oops. With the 4 scratched I see, that coin should grade 64 at best. The old adage: "buy the coin not the holder"
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Not even a 64 imho...
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According to NGC, a MS66 is “ Very well struck with minimal marks and hairlines”
This coin does not meet that criteria.
Also not a fan of the reverse with the look of the toning.
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Might as well pick up a copy to go along with the book about Mary Gillick that I haven’t read yet and the forthcoming book on Wyon.
Should of given that coin a detailed grade obverse “scratched”
Sad that at the unwarranted assigned grade it is a top pop at NGC.
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yikes...
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