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(Revealed) Guess the Grade - GreatPhoto - 1926 Sesquicentennial Gold

U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 3, 2024 3:32PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Please guess the grade of this 1926 Sesquicentennial Gold using the GreatPhoto courtesy of GC.

….the majority called it-AU 58

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,397 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU58


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  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 5,476 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58+

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  • hummingbird_coinshummingbird_coins Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58+

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  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

  • DisneyFanDisneyFan Posts: 2,097 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58
    Clean fields. Rub on belly and legs. Scratch on belly.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58.

  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love the look of that coin. I say 58 also.

  • Jacques_LoungecoqueJacques_Loungecoque Posts: 733 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Broken record, but 58.

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55

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  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 8,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AU-58. I see grey areas which are indicative of a rub on the high points. In its favor is a comparative lack of bag marks. This issue is very prone to them.

    I had one piece, which I sold to a customer, which had wonderful luster behind Independence Hall, which was like a golden sunrise, just as Benjamin Franklin envisioned. All too few of these pieces have that. The design was struck in low relief which limited its beauty.

    Having grown up in Delaware, where I regarded Philadelphia as a big, wonderful city as a teenager in the ‘60s, I have long admired the half dollar - quarter eagle sesquicentennial combination. The trouble is the lower relief of both coins has made that admiration an impossible dream.

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  • jp84jp84 Posts: 205 ✭✭✭

    58

  • ProofCollectionProofCollection Posts: 6,253 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup, 58.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,232 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I grade it as a beautiful desirable coin with great original and natural color. Sometimes I think we worry too much about assigning a number and forget about just enjoying the coin. Great pickup and definitely a keeper. B)

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,416 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 3, 2024 2:30AM

    The reverse is beautiful but the obverse has seen some wear.
    I'm going with AU53
    Beautiful coin by the way.

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭✭✭

    63

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,018 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55


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  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reveal later today

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,807 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 3, 2024 11:21AM

    @johnny9434 said:
    55

    Boooo! Look what you started, we had a 58 train going 😂.

    I’d be shocked if it wasn’t 58, that’s the only grade that makes sense to me on this coin.

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Overwhelmingly 58, so I’ll go with it!

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,416 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PeakRarities said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    55

    Boooo! Look what you started, we had a 58 train going 😂.

    I’d be shocked if it wasn’t 58, that’s the only grade that makes sense to me on this coin.

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  • HillbillyCollectorHillbillyCollector Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice one!
    58

  • jclovescoinsjclovescoins Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

  • Manifest_DestinyManifest_Destiny Posts: 6,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    55

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,656 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58 here.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,617 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gorgeous

    55

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  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was about to confidently say "58" until I saw @MFeld's guess above. :) Even though the coin is gorgeous, I guess there is considerably more than "a touch of rub" on Miss Liberty. This group unanimously agrees the coin is not mint state! Perhaps for many AU58 or AU58+ coins, the wear would be more subtle.

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 8,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

    Though if that high point color is just toning instead of wear it may be in an MS holder. It still may be even if there is faint wear as this design sometimes seems interchangable in AU-58 to MS-62 holders.

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  • PizzamanPizzaman Posts: 301 ✭✭✭

    55

  • DrewUDrewU Posts: 177 ✭✭✭

    I’m on team 58

  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And those that went with AU 58 were correct! There is solid luster and some wear that puts this in the upper end of the circulated scale.

  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Link to video:

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