Chopped mark trade dollars are way cool. At current prices certified PCGS VF and better pieces will prove to be the bargain of the century. These coins are neat anyway, but add the history of the chops and you have a classic.
I really disagree with PCGS' decision to encapsulate these things. It only opens the door to other pieces being encapsulated like this and I think it will tarnish their image. That is a downright mutilated coin, I don't care what the chop marks symbolize. Oh well, to each his own I guess!
I beg to differ! I think it deserves at least a VF-20!! Look at the detail of the few letters you can make out!
Still, pretty fascinating.
.....GOD
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
As one who collects Trade Dollars exclusively, I share many of the same opinions as above:
1) This coin is virtually mutilated and yet PCGS has slabbed it? What would be the difference if there were a few holed drilled into it (except holes are not deemed as chops)
2) What gives the coin the grade? Detail remaining? # of chops?
I occasionaly get coins returmed from PCGS for the subtle, catch-all, questionable toning and yet this coin gets through. No whining but I tend to agree with the comment of what was PCGS thinking when they allowed a CM series.
braddick
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chopped liver. All it needs is some garnish with parsley.
Camelot
counter mark in the coin to insure it was infact genuine. Each Trade Dollar could in fact receive
many chop marks as it continually changed hands.
Camelot
Greg
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Just what part of that coin meets the criteria ( anybody's criteria ) for being deserving of an F15 grade ?
Obscurum per obscurius
Still, pretty fascinating.
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
1) This coin is virtually mutilated and yet PCGS has slabbed it? What would be the difference if there were a few holed drilled into it (except holes are not deemed as chops)
2) What gives the coin the grade? Detail remaining? # of chops?
I occasionaly get coins returmed from PCGS for the subtle, catch-all, questionable toning and yet this coin gets through. No whining but I tend to agree with the comment of what was PCGS thinking when they allowed a CM series.
keoj
K S
<< <i>how ... in ... THE ... he11 ... do they come up w/ such an "accurate" grade? not just merely "fine", but F-15!
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How dare you question the grading gods? All know is that it's series 51CM coin 5 and that I need it for my Registry Set!