So a few notes:
1.) The scratch is on the plastic, not the holder.
2.) My pics are obviously not the best here. Tn my estimate, this coin is about than 50% red.
3.) The coin was recently offered to me and I passed (though I was able to photo), although it is the better of the 2 die pairs (better detail in AMERICA)
The coin is graded MS64RB.
I do believe it is MS, in hand it looks better than the pics.
@redraider said:
So a few notes:
1.) The scratch is on the plastic, not the holder.
2.) My pics are obviously not the best here. Tn my estimate, this coin is about than 50% red.
3.) The coin was recently offered to me and I passed (though I was able to photo), although it is the better of the 2 die pairs (better detail in AMERICA)
The coin is graded MS64RB.
I do believe it is MS, in hand it looks better than the pics.
I thought there was only one die pair for all 1877s? Die state?
I would have passed too, that luster on that date will always default to UNC and it is a survivor never the less.
That said with the Carbon on the rev, the lack of skin /crud, the colors (esp the pink liberty) make me believe it was treated to get the Redbrown designation. It clearly has stains from a previous skin and I don’t believe it has even a slim chance to sticker. Doesn’t make it worthless but if you have the means keep looking. Copper is a tricky niche
OP described that "scratch" as being on the holder...Another thought is that this may have been lightly cleaned and then allowed to retone just a bit with areas of contact showing a bit of differing toning that might be tricking us a bit to interpret as rub on the high obverse points as was pointed out in some of the posts. Cleaned metal has lost its "skin" and areas of contact to substrate may then appear so...
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So a few notes:
1.) The scratch is on the plastic, not the holder.
2.) My pics are obviously not the best here. Tn my estimate, this coin is about than 50% red.
3.) The coin was recently offered to me and I passed (though I was able to photo), although it is the better of the 2 die pairs (better detail in AMERICA)
The coin is graded MS64RB.
I do believe it is MS, in hand it looks better than the pics.
64rb
I thought there was only one die pair for all 1877s? Die state?
I would have passed too, that luster on that date will always default to UNC and it is a survivor never the less.
That said with the Carbon on the rev, the lack of skin /crud, the colors (esp the pink liberty) make me believe it was treated to get the Redbrown designation. It clearly has stains from a previous skin and I don’t believe it has even a slim chance to sticker. Doesn’t make it worthless but if you have the means keep looking. Copper is a tricky niche
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There is only one reverse that is used, but there are 2 obverses.
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OP described that "scratch" as being on the holder...Another thought is that this may have been lightly cleaned and then allowed to retone just a bit with areas of contact showing a bit of differing toning that might be tricking us a bit to interpret as rub on the high obverse points as was pointed out in some of the posts. Cleaned metal has lost its "skin" and areas of contact to substrate may then appear so...
Well, just Love coins, period.
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58
I said 58 before and the reveal of MS64 does not change my opinion of the grade. If offered to me as a 64 I would quickly reject it.