Your opinion on a 1910-D $10 gold?

JDelage

See pics below. There are higher def TIF links under the pics.


There seems to be a scratch on her cheek, and a ding on the jaw bone.


The eagle seems less well defined (weaker strike?), except in the tail, where there's a nick.

1st TIF file
2nd TIF file

Thanks.

RYK

Are you specializing in 10-D $10's?

Longacre

Looks clean to me.

JDelage

As they say in finance, 1 data point does not a trend make...

This being said, I thought it might be a good idea to get 3 or 4 of various grades to learn to study coins, keeping everything I can fixed except the grade.

JDelage

<< <i>Looks clean to me. >>



Clean as in good, or clean as in cleaned?

Longacre

Clean as in good and nice. Sorry for the confusion!

CarlWohlforth

That one looks pretty good to me.

Gold is harder to judge by photo than some other metals it seems to me. When I photograph gold many minor things don't show up if you tilt the coin or move the light slightly. So it is easier to hide things if you try.

I like your idea of learning as much about 1910-D Eagles as possible. It might be a bit expensive to put together a grading set but it sure would be educational.

JDelage

<< <i>I like your idea of learning as much about 1910-D Eagles as possible. It might be a bit expensive to put together a grading set but it sure would be educational. >>



Yeah, based on what I've read, I should be able to at least recoup my monney, but I won't make any major profit.

JDelage

What grade do you think it would get to? MS63?

CarlWohlforth

I'm not good at grading gold from photos. I couldn't tell if there was a rub unless I had the coin in hand. Assuming Mint State I'd go anywhere from 62 to 64 so 63 would be a good guess.

JDelage

It's in an NNC slab at MS-64 on eBay and the bidding is now at $608.

eBay Auction

techeff

I would guess MS63 from the photos, but now that you mention NNC I'll go AU58 or improperly cleaned.

jom

There really is no way to tell the grade with a scan. You are hard pressed even if it's a photo but scans are worse. It "looks" nice but.... ???

jom

JDelage

I'm not taking any bet at that price anyway.

MikeInFL

<< <i>It's in an NNC slab at MS-64 on eBay and the bidding is now at $608.

eBay Auction >>



NNC, eh. That looks like a AU coin to me.

If your intent is to get a grading set, stick with one grading company (and not NNC!)....Mike