What grade would you give on this coin?

ccr

I was nosing around at http://www.byersnc.com/ and this coin caught my eye. So what grade would you give it.

hughesm1

Realisticly, FR2. Doesn't quite have the lustre of an MS coin

Cam40

I think the 61 grade is about right.It was never meant to be fully struck.This is like a trial-die strike.
To know its not just a worn coin,notice the rim detail.Had it not been tossed around and banged up alittle
it could have graded easily 64-67 I imagine.But at the time it was just a test piece and is maybe lucky not to have been thrown into the melting pot somewhere along the way.

coppercoins

Grading a coin like that is like closing your eyes and pointing at a map. It cannot be done accurately, regardless of how much expertise someone has. Who could argue AU58 or MS64 in this case? Nobody, in my opinion.

On the flip side, the coin is accurately identified and is extremely rare...seller names the price, and someone who wants it bad enough will buy it for that price regardless of the slabbed grade - it's of little issue. BTW, giving it a FR02 grade is ludicrous. It was intended as struck - little detail - it can't be subjected to grading as if it were at one time a full strike coin. What are blank planchets? PO01?

dorkkarl

rather stupid to even grade something like that. like grading a coin struck on metal fragments. why grade it? all the value is contained in the eccentricty of the error. could've just said "genuine" & listed the type of error.

guess i'd just grade it "genuine"

K S

hughesm1

Of course I was joking about the FR2 bit (notice the big grin at the end.) Interesting piece nonetheless.

nwcs

I grade it PC: Pretty cool!

braddick

One, like this, but also slightly off centered, is (was?) being offered in the $17,000.00 range.