Nice color 1915d Buffalo 5c- What's the Grade?

Tonekiller

kieferscoins

MS-64. The pic is really hard to grade by.

Cameron Kiefer

ms70

I'll rough it & say 64.

mgoodm3

Very clean. Nice luster, decent strike. I'll go 66.

Cam40

Its one of those NGC* coins huh.
Technically a 64 but add some points for toning...
66?

Numismanic

MS64

darktone

AU

bigtonydallas

Id say MS-64. But the date is not 1515! lol

mojorizn

Tough date to find decent. This one has a typical strike, showing weakness at the shoulder and corresponding obverse hair braid. Ron Pope (of Pope & Wexler fame) says this issue is very rare with a full strike. The strike can be so poor, in fact, that it may actually effect the numerical grade as far as TPG's and the market are concerned.

However, Lange's reference says that it's tough to find examples of this date with attractive toning, the balance of MS coins being dull or unattractively toned.

Though this coin grades IMO a MS64 or 65 at most, the strike is better than most and the toning is SWEET for the date. I would pay a premium for it, though probably not 65 money.

mojo

Tonekiller

<< <i>Id say MS-64. But the date is not 1515! lol >>






, Opps!

BigMoose

TBT, Sweet color but the strike holds it back--NGC 64*.

Tonekiller

<< <i>TBT, Sweet color but the strike holds it back--NGC 64*. >>




Damn boy! Correct.....NGC MS64 star.

TBT

RGL

That is so sweet ... teens branch mints in MS, let alone with that toning, are hard to come by ... typical poor strike evidenced by the lack of detail on Buff's front leg, which could lead some to conclude it's AU.