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Is This Coin Overgraded?

moosesrmoosesr Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭
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I saw this coin on Yahoo Link and thought about Braddick and his PO1 coins. Is this coin graded to high for those who collect very low grade coins in PCGS holders?

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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Somebody must have been carrying that coin around since the world's fair right up to the day it was Slabbed.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,948 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, the obverse is a bit strong, but as Columbians go this one has a lot more wear than normal. image
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd call it a choice Fair-2.
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  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    IMHO, it is not overgraded.
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  • kamehameha00kamehameha00 Posts: 2,077
    Looks like a strong FR-2 or a AG-3.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks pretty good (bad) to me.
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  • ccexccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    Coins like this bring out the need for low grades which are not integers. I'd call the obverse 3.8 and the reverse 2.2, which average out as AG-3.

    Normally, I'd say this is undergraded, but in this case I'd rather have a coin with more wear in this PCGS holder.
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