Bust Dollar Opinions on Grade..Grade in from PCGS

Smittys · January 7, 2005 1:28AM

Just looking for opinions on grade.
Thanks,

Smitty

JadeRareCoin · January 7, 2005 1:33AM

Very nice, original looking VF-35.

numobri · January 7, 2005 1:35AM

Agree

greghansen · January 7, 2005 1:42AM

If rims were bump free and that dent below the tail were not there, I'd be O.K. with a XF40. With those minor drawbacks, I agree with the VF35. Thats a date where you can reasonably expect to find a fair number of really nice VF coins...at least in comparison to some of the other early dollars.

ER · January 7, 2005 1:46AM

Nice looking VF30-35.

cmanbb · January 7, 2005 1:51AM

With the Draped Bust Line virtually gone, I would say VF25-30 tops.
IMHO

robertpr · January 7, 2005 2:11AM

VF35

EvilMCT · January 7, 2005 2:16AM

VF 25-30.

Ken

dorkkarl · January 7, 2005 2:19AM

vf-25+. here's why: e pluribus unum is strong, so that puts rev. into vf category. obv. hair detail is about 75% there, so that's vf as well. however, stars are mostly flat, very little detail separation at the bustline, the face is flat, $ rev. feathers are not complete, tail feathers not all there, so that for sure keeps it at or below vf-30. finally, the main focal area, liberty's face, has a broad flat cheek, not rounded at all. coin is well-centered, looks nicely original, so it derserves some choice consideration.

i'd settle on vf-25, vf-30 at the very most on an optimistic day.

GREAT COIN!!!

K S

EVillageProwler · January 7, 2005 3:01AM

It'll probably end up as ChVF, but I really think it's on the cusp of VF to ChVF.

EVP

Merc · January 7, 2005 3:27AM

Wow, the grade opinions ar tight. I agree with them. It looks like mine that is graded VF25. The coin is a strong VF. I don't think it is origional toning though. It is too light overall for 200+ year old silver. If it has been cleaned, it wasn't recently though.

Does the eye detail look a bit odd to anyone? It seems too strong for a VF.

JadeRareCoin · January 7, 2005 4:04AM

Looks like we all missed that this is B-23, an R.4 variety. B-23 is the only early dollar with 8 stars on the left and 5 stars on the right. This variety is usually weakly struck. It is correct to grade by surfaces on the early material, rather than just detail. I am sticking with my earlier opinion of VF-35.