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Which of those 2 $20 1904 do you like best? SMALLER PICS

JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
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I apologize for the bad pics. Hopefully they will be enough for you to form an opinion. Both were graded MS64 by ANACS.

Coin A - 2 pics each of obverse and reverse:

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Coin B - 2 pics each of obverse and reverse:

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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    I've edited this with more manageable pics.

    Thanks.
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • flashbangflashbang Posts: 134
    I like the 2nd one. The spot on the neck in the first coins obverse really stands out to me. Both have nice looking reverses
  • msch1manmsch1man Posts: 809 ✭✭✭✭
    IMO, Coin B...hands down.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coin A has a cut behind the nose so I like B better.


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  • Coinhusker1Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭
    Coin B. The cut behind the nose on Coin A is a little distracting. They are both nice coins, though.

    Those look like new ANACS holders -- did you have a couple raw ones slabbed?
  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    yes, I had a half dozen coins given to me by my grand father. Among those were 2 1904 $20, which are the highest quality of the lot. I'm going to sell one on eBay and keep the other one.
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    Are those in new ANACS holders?

    Both coins have very minor flaws, but my advice to you would be to keep the coin with the best lustre, which I suspect is coin A but you can tell by looking at the coins in hand much moreso than we can via the net.
  • sadysta1sadysta1 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭
    B for me. No spots
  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭


    << <i>Are those in new ANACS holders? >>


    Yes
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭✭
    Very close in my opinion.....

    B, but that is only slightly, in hand review really needed to tell I think.....
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  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    I'd sell the one with the gash by the nose
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  • morganbarbermorganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
    Both are nice, but the gash in the nose of A makes B much nicer.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I will go against the grain and say I like A better. The fields look cleaner, and the luster looks slightly better.
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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    Allright - thank you all. I'm going to hold on selling those for the moment, and hopefully show them to someone who's better than me and will be able to give me a good advice coins in hand...
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    From the pictures I can say that I would not want to own A.

    My suggestion is to sell them both. Use the money to buy one nice replacement PCGS/NGC coin in a less common date. The 1904 is simply too common.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭


    << <i>From the pictures I can say that I would not want to own A. >>



    Thanks. The gash doesn't look as bad when the coin's in the hand, but I get your point.



    << <i>My suggestion is to sell them both. Use the money to buy one nice replacement PCGS/NGC coin in a less common date. The 1904 is simply too common. >>



    Very valid point but those 2 are the nicest coins my grandfather gave me and I'd like to keep one. It's more sentimental than anything... Maybe I should keep both... Arguably, he only bought gold for its bullion value.
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would like coin B to be in my possesion......image
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I like the first one. I'm not crazy about the hit beside the nose, but I find the spot in the right obverse field of the second one distracting.

    Great pics by the way!

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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭


    << <i>Great pics by the way! >>



    You're kidding right? I took them with my cheap, 3-yr old digital camera, simply against a white wall, moving a lamp around...
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • AquilaRoseAquilaRose Posts: 218
    I agree with Robertpr in that A has better luster but that may depend on the photography (distance of the light source) making the cartwheels. I could be wrong though.

    I can't get past the gouge in the nose distracting me so if I had to sell one it would be A.
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  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    I'll try taking pics of the coins side by side - that will keep most things the same...
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    EDITED - I'm going to try something better...
    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • JDelageJDelage Posts: 724 ✭✭
    Let's try this... I took the coins one after the other, in exactly the same position save for small irregularities in the shape of the holders. I then cropped the pics in order to present them side by side. Each pair corresponds to a different lamp position.

    Miss Scarface (Coin A) is on the left.

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    "The greatest productive force is human selfishness."
    Robert A. Heinlein
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,031 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>yes, I had a half dozen coins given to me by my grand father. Among those were 2 1904 $20, which are the highest quality of the lot. I'm going to sell one on eBay and keep the other one >>



    Give both of these to your children. A fantastic heirloom.

    I happen to like A just slightly more. If you were to cut the size of the picture of the coins down to actual size, the gash appears to be much more minor looking to my eye.





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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like coin A for strike detail and luster. I like coin B for the eye appeal.

    Is there a reason you didn't use PCGS ? I would think they both would grade well there. MS63/64 ?
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    i do not like either sell both


    both have roll friction and impaired lustre on the obverse cheeks

    but in answer to your question keep coin b

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