Grade the Trade (dollar) Grade revealed! Surprised?

lordmarcovan

Poll Results:

Grade the Trade!

Total Votes: 48


MS65
2 (votes) 4.17 (%)
MS64
2 (votes) 4.17 (%)
MS63
11 (votes) 22.92 (%)
MS62
2 (votes) 4.17 (%)
MS61
3 (votes) 6.25 (%)
MS60
1 (votes) 2.08 (%)
AU58
12 (votes) 25.00 (%)
AU55
4 (votes) 8.33 (%)
AU53
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
AU50
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
EF45
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
EF40
0 (votes) 0.00 (%)
Bodybag (fake)
1 (votes) 2.08 (%)
Bodybag (other issues)
3 (votes) 6.25 (%)
Just show me the poll results
7 (votes) 14.58 (%)

Click here to see the actual grade. (As printed on the Third World slab label, anyway.)

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1878-S. A recent purchase of mine from the BST Forum.

(If you recognize the coin, then ssh!)






ACTUAL GRADE: PCI (GOLD LABEL) MS60. (!?)

I personally call it AU58, with staple scratch on reverse noted. Still a lovely coin with lots of eye appeal, as I'm sure you'll agree.

DUIGUY

Thats a nice looking coin Lord M.

razorface1027

I'd have to say 58.


Tom

dthigpen

Where's the MS69 Option?

lordmarcovan

Thanks, DUIguy. The fella I bought it from is a man of impeccable tastes. He owns most of my past lovelies. This time one of his is coming MY way.

lordmarcovan

We have TWO "Grade the Trade" threads this afternoon. Check out fivecents' coin, too.

Interesting.

relayer

<< <i>We have TWO "Grade the Trade" threads this afternoon. Check out fivecents' coin, too. >>

I gave yours a 63 too

mgoodm3

I'll have to go 58 on this one.

fivecents

Hey....I posted my Trade dollar first LM.
I'll say AU55.

TUMUSS

64

lordmarcovan

5c: regardless of what the holders say, I think yours is higher than mine.

lordmarcovan

Somebody voted that the coin above is fake.

Do tell us why. (Seriously.)

I see AU58 and MS63 have been running neck-and-neck, which doesn't surprise me. If I didn't know the grade of the coin, my guess would probably be one of the two.

fivecents

<< <i>5c: regardless of what the holders say, I think yours is higher than mine. >>



We shall see.

stev32k

I say minimum of MS64 maybe 65.

PerryHall

Looks very lightly circulated hence AU58.

Aethelred

I went with AU-58, but I would like a better pic.

Danegeld

I like MS-63

lordmarcovan

The plot thickens.

I PM'ed fivecents and basically said,

"Psst! I'll tell you the grade on mine if you tell me the grade on yours!"

So he did.

This is where it gets weird. Both coins have the same grade on their respective labels.

But it probably isn't what you think. (As of right now, nobody's guessed it.)

Of course, that's the labels.

Fivecents' coin is in a PCGS holder, and he's already given the hint that it's labeled MS.


My coin is in a different service's plastic, obviously.

CoinGator

Then if it's no 58 (as I voted) then I think the plastic says 64.

ajaan

MS61

lordmarcovan

Gator, mine might BE a 58, but that ain't what the label says.

dizzyfoxx

I'm throwing a guess out there of 63... with a possible shot at 64.

razorface1027

Gator, mine might BE a 58, but that ain't what the label says.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...Then it's a 53.

bennybravo

MS61

tradedollarnut

AU/MS 61.

lordmarcovan

I've been waiting to hear what TDN had to say.

fc

the coin has some scratches that will never allow it to be 64.
that said, it is sharp to me. MS material. i will say a solid 60, chance 61.

thank you for posting.

lordmarcovan

Grade revealed via a link in the first post.

The coin is in a PCI gold-label holder. Not the most reputable of services, but it appears to be an attractive coin, anyway. The scratches by the arrow tips on the reverse are apparently on the coin and not in the plastic, as I had initially thought. So it's probably a bodybag at either of the Big Two services.

The seller offered me an option to back out of the deal because of this, but I told him I wanted to see the coin anyway. Because it was a PCI gold label, I bought it as I would a raw coin, and I have no worries about selling it raw or in the PCI holder. It doesn't matter to me if it makes it into good plastic or not, really. I think the price was realistic.

lordmarcovan

Let's look at 'em together.

My coin (1878-S):

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fivecents' coin (1877)

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So, which would YOU rather own? I don't mind you saying it: probably his. I might've gone with his, too. But I paid a little less for mine. And I like the toning on it. I guess they're both nice coins in their own way. His is probably gonna upgrade while mine will probably stay in the PCI holder.

GaCoinGuy

That would look wonderful in my Dansco...and seeing as how my birthday was the 19th......... *hint hint*


Wish I had some spare cash, I'd try to steal that one from ya.

PerryHall

Very nice looking coin for a 60. Any idea why it only graded 60? Are there hairlines that aren't showing up in your pics?

dragon

From that pic, that 78-S looks like a slider to me, it also looks like it may have been lightly wiped at one time but hard to tell. It still looks like a decent coin though

LeeG

I like both of em!

NumisOxide

lordmarcovan, your Trade Dollar is pretty nice. I like the rim tone.