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I can't afford it but this 1807 DBH is undergraded, IMO as AU50, ANACS

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  • rsdoug81rsdoug81 Posts: 682 ✭✭
    The pics aren't the best, but from here, I'd say ANACS got it about right.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bet that coin looks A LOT better in hand than those pics show. The pic in the slab is a better representation of the coins skin than those overdone full obv/rev pics
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349
    It looks alright to me. image

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  • Ain't no undergrade IMO!
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The colors are drastically different between the closeup and slab picture--if it's as light as the closeup, it's possible there was a knock for an old cleaning.
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  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The detail of this common 1807 O.105 is enough for AU50, but his description "showing traces of some golden luster" sounds more like XF 45. It is all about the luster, which you can't determine from an image. I have several draped busts in the AU ranges, I would not buy an AU unless the seller had a good return policy, or at auction unless I knew of the coin or had someone check out the luster. The AU's are too expensive to make a mistake on, you don't want to pay AU money for an XF.
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  • I'd say AU53 tops, but I like AU50
  • FrankcoinsFrankcoins Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭
    Looks correctly graded to me.
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