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Guess the grade Kennedy Half -- GRADE REVEALED

WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
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Here's a new piece I just got yesterday ... care to guess the grade PCGS gave?

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  • CoppernicusCoppernicus Posts: 1,764 ✭
    I can't grade it from your pics - it has the look of a matte proof in the pics. I'll guess MS65 but I'm probably way off. My edit was necessary 'cause I thought it was a 70-S at first.

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  • NumismanicNumismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    MS65
    Don

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I can't tell how much of the stuff I see in the fields is on the coin and how much is lint and scratches on the holder.
  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would guess MS67.
  • GooberGoober Posts: 980 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't tell how much of the stuff I see in the fields is on the coin and how much is lint and scratches on the holder. >>



    I agree, it looks 67 if those marks are on the holder, otherwise the 65 fits if those are on the coin.
    Prost!

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  • ss350camaross350camaro Posts: 4,529
    MS63
  • GTOsterGTOster Posts: 861 ✭✭✭
    63
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Minor marks, decent strike and luster. Could be high 65, but I've put worse in 66 holders. That's assuming the mark on the cheek is superficial.
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    looks like a 65, but your pics aren't too good.
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I'd grade it MS65, but PCGS may have sixed it because if nice luster.



    << <i>I would guess MS67. >>



    Fivecents,

    He'd be one happy collector. That would be about a $2500 coin.

    Russ, NCNE

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  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>He'd be one happy collector. That would be about a $2500 coin. >>


    Dang Russ... Maybe I should check the POP reports before I guess the grade.imageimageimage
  • WACoinGuyWACoinGuy Posts: 1,110
    Everyone guessed around it, but no one nailed it -- it's in a PCGS MS64 holder.

    I'm not good at grading moderns, but when I got this coin (I bought it off E-Bay), I was surprised how nice it looked. Most of the marks that you see are actually on the coin, but I didn't think they looked severe enough to miss an MS-65 grade, and in fact I wasn't able to see any hits with the naked eye. This coin is a blast white coin with knockout luster, so I'm not sure why it graded MS-64. Any Kennedy experts know what would limit a coin like this to MS-64 in PCGS's eyes?
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    The only thing I can see in that image that would put it at MS64 is slight strike weakness. Unless there's a slight cleaning that got it netted.

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