Undergraded flying eagle? What do you think?

stev32k · October 28, 2007 8:23AM

When I bought this one for my Dansco 7070 I thought I had overpaid, but now I'm not too sure. At the very least it is nice for the grade. What do you think it should grade? I'll show the tag after while.

commoncents05 · October 28, 2007 8:25AM

I say 63.

-Paul

robkool · October 28, 2007 8:32AM

MS 64 RD... Large letters variety...

savoyspecial · October 28, 2007 8:42AM

au58 but with more eye appeal than alot of MS coins i see

greg

Tbar · October 28, 2007 8:48AM

63

ziggy29 · October 28, 2007 8:50AM

I'm going to say it's graded 58, because not many people crack 63s out to put in a Dansco, whereas a lot of people crack choice AUs.

Walkerguy21D · October 28, 2007 9:00AM

I believe it is the Large Letters variety, as the A is touching the M in AMERICA.
I had one similar in appearance (but slightly darker) to this that PCGS slabbed MS62.
Since I had bought it raw from a dealer at $5 over AU bid this worked A-Ok

Greg

stev32k · October 28, 2007 9:03AM

Actually it was in an ICG AU53 holder. From the photographs it looked better than any of AU58's in NGC or PCGS holders so I paid right at AU58 money and am glad I did.

Elcontador · October 28, 2007 9:30AM

This was the first small cent and they had problems with its strike due to its metal composition. This coin is fully struck - this coin's detail in the eagle's tail is far better than that in most Uncs. I've seen - and I'd guess that it would grade MS 63, maybe even MS 64.

Fully struck flyers are scarce, and I might add that many Uncs. come spotted and / or with unattractive color. OTOH, this coin has nice color, and only a minimal spot near the E that you see when the coin is magnified 10 times. Though I think it has too many marks to go 4, I think it might get a bump because of its overall outstanding eye appeal.