A little grading help.....

TommyType

Bought this on Teletrade before the "picture for every coin" days. I always thought it was overgraded. Anyone care to give an opinion? I'll post the ANACS grade fairly quickly....probably by midnight PDT.



BTW....Anyone worried about the green spot on the reverse? Barely noticed it before the picture!

Tom

kryptonitecomics

I'm just seeing broken links....no images???

TommyType

<< <i>I'm just seeing broken links....no images??? >>



Hmmmm....I see them, and have posted this way in the past!?! Don't know what the problem might be.....Looking into it.

Added: Think I fixed it now.....forward slash - backward slash problem.

kryptonitecomics

The URL's are not correct:

kryptonitecomics

He...he....we both fixed em at the same time.....pretty funny


As for Grade...XF45-AU50....these can be tough because they don't always have even strikes and the flat spots can be mistaken for wear. Heck it could even be an Unc for that matter, but it looks AU to me.

wingedliberty

EF40

TommyType

First, thanks Shane for the help with the link. I must be seeing backwards tonight.

No sense drawing this out:

ANACS graded it XF-45. I guess I've been a little hard on them! Thanks for the opinions guys.

Tom

dorkkarl

technically, xf-45 sounds just a tad strong, BUT that's a really nice original coin. i would've guessed vf-35+.

congrats on getting a great coin!

K S

jonesy

Beautiful!!

kieferscoins

XF-45

Cameron Kiefer

Shamika

AU-50

Shamika

ttt

ColonialCoinUnion

I'd have said 45. For a 40 (as someone else opined) I'd have expected a slightly larger flat spot on the eagle's breast.

seanq

Huh... I was gonna guess XF Details net VF30 cleaned. Maybe I'm just overly cautious, but when I see old copper with dark colors hugging just the deepest recesses of the design, my first intinct is always that the coin is cleaned. The reverse especially looks like the high points have been wiped or rubbed.


Sean Reynolds

TommyType

I didn't know this thread was still alive! Don't read the boards often enough I guess.

>Huh... I was gonna guess XF Details net VF30 cleaned. Maybe I'm just overly cautious, but when I see old
>copper with dark colors hugging just the deepest recesses of the design, my first intinct is always that the
>coin is cleaned. The reverse especially looks like the high points have been wiped or rubbed.

With the coin in hand, it really isn't a dark color around the devices, but rather "dirt". But no hairlines or obvious signs of cleaning. My assumption is that this is the way the coin was when it was pulled from circulation...left over remnants for it's life as a working coin.

In this case, I would say that the remaining dirt may be evidence that it was NOT cleaned since a dedicated coin cleaner would have taken the time to scrub out the dirt!

I think I appreciate the coin a little better now after hearing everyone's comments and grades. Thanks guys.

Tom

tjkillian

I will go with a strong VF-35. Just a tad too much wear for me to go XF.

Tom

ziggy29

I'd say it's either a very strong VF-35 or a weak XF-40.