Guess the grade - ANACS 2¢

DHeath

This one came home from ANACS today. Try your hand if you'd like at the grade and color designation. Sorry for the dark reverse image, but there is nothing hidden in the shadows.




BTW - I didn't ask ANACS to identify the die variety, but there's a nice cud at 10:00 obverse, and the weakness of the D in United is pretty interesting. The die was re-cut for the M in America as well. Interesting coin.

darktone

64 red/brown. looks nice

MadMarty

WAG 65 RB

Russ

I'll guess MS63BN.

Russ, NCNE

cosmicdebris

63 BN

What's with the "D" in United?

coinkat

I think Red/Brn is appropriate and MS64 with a 40% shot at 65 is my opinion from the scan. I really like the coin.

JrGMan2004

MS-64BN

Darkhorse

2¢ coin fad in US coin land?

dollardude

I just wanted to say my compliments on an outstanding and interesting piece that has a lot of character. Thank you for sharing this. I would guess MS64RB.

airplanenut

64RB was my guess

DHeath

Thanks you all for your guesses. ANACS graded it MS63 BN. I was hoping it would get the RB designation, but it really doesn't affect the coin's value.

Bill, the weak D is pretty interesting. My guess is a filled die. More interesting to me is the re-punched M. The cud at 10:00 is common to several varieties. I'll have to research the die cracks to see which particular one it is. There is also some nice strong doubling on the reverse (particularly States).

BigD5

Tough to tell from the scan, but probably a 19R? Has some characteristics of 23x also. Neat coin. The whack on the right obv. arrow is too large along with the shield chatter, for anything higher than 63.
How's the luster?
A great coin to talk about, with cuds, die cracks, filled dies, repunching......you name it, it's going on with this coin.

airplanenut

<< <i>A great coin to talk about, with cuds, die cracks, filled dies, repunching......you name it, it's going on with this coin. >>

Where's the quadruple strike?

DHeath

BigD5,

I think you're right. I've been mapping the die cracks and looking at Longacre's attribution till I'm going blind. The coin has better luster than the pics indicate. I suppose there wasn't enough remaining red for the designation, but it's one of those tweeners that could really go either way. There is a nice streak of color on the obverse at 6:00 in the planchet. I'd hate to think how much use the dies got during the war. Thanks for the comments.

BigD5

I actually think what you have there is a designation that isn't in the book. If you match up the cud, along with the die cracks (the ones that I can see from the scan), you have attributes of a few different varieties with that coin. There is no mention of the repunched M in the book either.
Again, neat coin, eye appealing, and a worthy coin for many conversations about different aspects of numismatics.
Thank you for sharing.