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Undergraded Ike?

sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭
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Since this coin is destined to join my Ike registry set I thought this question would pertain to this forum too.

Recently noticed this coin on David Lawrence Rare Coins site and thought it looked undergraded:
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Anybody care to explain how this coin did not make a MS67?

I believe the haze kept it from going higher and it may be worth turning over to NCS to improve the looks and then resubmit it to PCGS.

V/R



Sumdunce

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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If those lines on Ike's face are scratches from the flip. Then I don't think you will improve the grade if they are on the holder then maybe.
    My Current project....https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/160794
  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    Strike on the reverse is too weak.
    Can't see whether luster is good enough for 7.
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
  • GandyjaiGandyjai Posts: 1,380 ✭✭
    Nice Coin!image

    I think NCS can improve this coin. There are 4 things on the reverse NCS can take care of:
    1. obviously, the haze
    2. Spot forming underneath left wing at 3 O'Clock
    3. What I call a PVC swirl near the rim at 9 O'Clock
    4. Same swirly stuff between earth and the letters

    Can't tell if top left wing feather is sharp and distinct.
    Not many marks on the reverse, but the NCS will make the ones there stand out more....ie: edge of
    right wing, and maybe some chatter near the top?

    The obverse looks great with very few marks. A little chatter on the cheek, a little haze......but some obvious
    planchet striations. I THINK PCGS seems to consider such striations to be a negative.

    I think NCS would clean it up enough to garner an NGC MS67.....Then try and cross it.
    That's what I would do with it.

    Wexler lists a 74-D DD0.....For a marker besides the doubling....look for a die crack mark going North East
    from the FG initials. Looks like as the same directions as the striations, so it might be hard to tell.

    Good Luck with it!
    Brian

    I LOVE image IKES! image
  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭✭
    JC hit the nail on hte head, it is not 67 luster. NCS can't add luster back to the coin.

    The obverse has die striations, which are fairly common. PCGS will grade them 67 with these if the strike (And this coin is weak for a date that normally comes with a good strike) and luster are superior.

    Technically from a bagmark perspective the coin is a 67, but there's more to it than that.

    I'd keep the ocin in the PCGS holder. These should cost around $135-$150 per.

    If not, I can fill you up at those levels.

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  • COINDOGCOINDOG Posts: 402
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    The 1974-D is known for being a well struck coin, and PCGS grades accordingly. LIB of liberty is weakly struck, and IN GOD WE TRUST on the obverse. Also, a weak reverse shows. Futhermore, there are marks in the prime focal area on the obverse.
    I agree with other board members, don't send this coin in for a re-grade !
  • sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭
    I got the coin today.

    There are three contact marks in the fields that I believe keep this coin at MS66 (the strike is a bit weak too).

    Nice coin, and still a great addition to my Ike registry set.
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