Your grade opinions on this toned 1953-S Washington please.

Russ

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Thanks.

Russ, NCNE

LucyBop

this coin is a major score in a ms67, I don't think thats what you have here, i see a slice in the lower right neck, its always hard to grade from a scan....... i see this in the ms65-66....

VonZipper

AU58 looks like some wear on the hair and eagles breast.Nice toning.

prooflike

MS66

FC57Coins

I agree with the assessments above - wonderful toning! and an MS66 - how's the luster?

Frank

morganbarber

I agree with vonzipper. I was almost the first one to reply to this thread but didn't want to say AU until someone else had opened that can of worms.

ursabear

Russ,

First - I'm not a toning person by nature (I do like the cool stuff you guys and gals post here, though!)... But I LIKE that quarter dollar! the reverse is just perfect.

I don't know the strike characteristics of all the Washington years, but if I were looking at an early 60s wooden-tooth, I'd say low MS to very high AU.

Washington folks, are the 53-S quarter dollars generally weak at the date and on the eagle's breast?

LucyBop

don't forget that the 53s washie was poorly struck, that is why a ms67 is high dollar. 53 was a terrible year for the SanFranciso mint.

ursabear

I will say this, though, It's pretty, and the motto is good and clear. Very nice!

quarterjack

Russ, just from the scan i would give it a MS 63-64, LOVE the toning and of course i am NOT a pro grader either. Very nice piece nonetheless.

Dave

ursabear

I promise not to stick out my neck quite so far next time

Russ

Ursabear,

Your neck is just as valid as anybody elses.

If the coin is AU, (and I honestly don't know one way or the other), it wouldn't break my heart. I bought it as AU for a whopping $3.

My thinking was that if the toning is legit, and I believe it is, that it wouldn't look like this as an AU coin. In other words, I was playing a high dollar hunch - rolling the dice with the big bucks!

Russ, NCNE

quarterjack

Ursabear, Russ asked for OPINIONS on this one and that's all he'll have until it goes to the REAL graders . That's when it counts!

Dave

ursabear

Thank you, gentlemen

Whatever the grade, at/nt or what, it's beautiful! I'd put it up front in my Washingtons!

LucyBop

this 49p is in for grading, i have high hopes for it, the obverse is just as pretty with the same colors..

morganbarber

When I said that I thought it was AU, I forgot to mention that it is beautiful. For three bucks you got about the best deal I've heard of since someone on this forum bought a PCGS 1946 Walker in MS64 and had it upgraded to MS65 DDR. I've always liked pretty AU over ugly MS.

Russ

It's one of the coins I picked up the first day of the PNNA show. I paid the early bird fee so I could have the first couple hours with no competition from the public. Also picked up this Lincoln:



That was a whole $1.75.

Russ, NCNE

ursabear

WOW. That lincoln is distinctive.

A really cool thing about these forums is the ability to live coin shows through the forum members (albeit vicariously).

Thanks for sharing!