$20 Gold 1874 and 1904 bought at the Paris Coin Show. Help on Grade. Good Smaller Pic.

Bass2005

Can you help me guess the Grade on these coins.
I bought these coins at the coin show in Paris.
I have cleaned the 1874 in boiling water.
I have submitted this coin to ANACS and I will post the Grade at a later time, How close can you get ?
The feathers are in really good shape I do not know why I cannot get the exact sharpness on my scanner.
thx to everybody on this forum.

Sam

relayer

<< <i>I have cleaned the 1874 in boiling water. >>



I'd grade the 1904 MS64 (but is that a fingerprint on the right obverse?) and the boiled coin AU-50

klorineforbrains

The boiling water idea probably wan't a very good one.

Bass2005

That looks like a fingerprint but I cannot see it when I look at the coin.
I have read on this forum that boiling the coin cannot be detected by PCGS. Any comments ??
Sam

construct

I've never hear of boiling a coin. I'll say 65 on the 1904 and 58 on the boiled one. The fields are amazingly free of marks, and the boiled one might be in the same range with the 1904 if that's not wear I'm seeing. If it's weak strike instead of wear, I'd say 63.