Picked up a Sesqui

techeff

Looks like a soft strike, but I like the REV...

mommam17

Hi. Is the coin slabbed? What is the grade you think it is or bought it for?

techeff

It's not in a slab. I'd say it would go MS62 or MS63 because of the strike.

mrcommem

Looks like a good pickup. Looks as if it might have a little haze on it like most of the Sequis. I don't think I have seen a Sequi that wasn't hazy. What was wrong in the manufacture of this coin?

techeff

The coin actually has pretty good luster. I just took a crappy picture. Here's another attempt:

1907Quarter

the strike is a lot better in the 2nd pic as well!!

BillJones

Actually that strike is not bad for this issue. These coins were struck on very shallow dies and the detail never comes up. Many of these coins have "marks" on Washington's face, which on the planchet before the coin was struck. That's how shallow these dies were.

I think that the fact that this coin has been dipped will hold the grade back. The strike is good enough to get the coin an MS-63 or even 64, at least going by by the second picture.

Here's the piece from my collection, which is a PCGS MS-64. It's about as good as any I have ever seen in the MS-64 grade. I paid a premium for this piece at the time that I bought it.

keets

this is another very hard issue to find with a decent strike and the accompanying strong luster. from my searching, the mediocre slabbed coins rule the day. i've only seen about half-a-dozen examples i really think were nice in grades lower than MS64, so i guess if i ever want to own a Sesqui i'll have to pony up the long dollar. for a simple design, it's one i really like.

al h.

kranky

I agree, the vast majority are softly struck.