Any Bust Lovers out there this Evening...? Guess the Grade...

DenverDave

Hot off the Press, 184 Years ago that is..."-)

This baby has Full Bright Luster in Hand...

Feel Free to Guess the Grade or Share your Thoughts/Coins...

Cam40

must be a ms64

stunning coin

Goldbully

Wow, truly beautiful!!!! MS65

robkool

MS 64... With some nice cartwheel toning.

coinkid855

WOW! Nice coin! MS 66!!

speety

MS-64 and looks gorgeous

JRocco

Nice coin Dave.
That one is just shy of gem.
A nice 64+ coin.

I like this one a lot.

Doogy

NICE! looks MS66 to me

NHSBaseball

Very cool coin with a nifty die crack.

123cents

Nice rim toning. MS-64.

GAB

High grade MS O-105 AWESOME!!!!

1794half1839

MS64, and lustrous. It's nice, but for the price of that one, I would perfer several crusty-original AU55's. Great coin though.

Cgb

I think it grades MS-Spectacular.

Amazing coin

mozin

My guess is AU 58, with a planchet streak. I don't see how one can grade MS Busties strictly from pictures.

NumisOxide

MS64

Blazer!

DenverDave

Thanks for the input guys, my thoughts exactly...

Personally... I give her a 64, she's very becoming in hand...

This is were it gets good, Would you believe AU58...?

claychaser

I grade her

mozin

Guess I was the only one thinking it was not MS. My AU 58 guess was correct.

DenverDave

I think you know the coin..."-)

speety

I didn't think the coin was strictly MS but with the luster and color that the coin has i thought for sure that it would be given the bump. If you paid even remotely close to AU-58 price, you suck!

doh

I was thinking AU58 too...I'm so smart

1794half1839

Originally I was going to say 58, as there is a touch of cabinet friction on the hair curl, however I have seen coins with less luster and more friction in MS holders.

mozin

<< <i>I think you know the coin..."-) >>



I do? Did I see it somewhere else? I honestly do not recall seeing it.

DenverDave

Guess I was wrong, just seemed like inside info..."-)

So you think it's correctly graded at 58...?

Can you elaborate on why and thanks for the input...

holeinone1972

I don't care what the grade is, that is a totally awesome coin.

I 'll give you ms 60 money right now. LOL

STONE

Dave, In my head I kept having AU-58, but then I kept seeing MS-64 through MS-66 grades.

I believe NGC got the grade right on this one. Just a STUNNING coin though!!!

CharlotteDude

I'm gonna give it a shot and say MS-64. I'd say 65 or even 66, but the strike is a wee bit too weak on the drapery & some parts of Lib's hair.
A beautiful bustie, nonetheless...

How'd I do?

C'dude

seemyauction

The coin is B E A U T I F U L I'm not so sure I agree with the grade.

Its very hard to tell without having the coin in hand but could it be a weak strike instead of wear ???



Alan

eddited to add: the dark spot behind liberty's head may have held it back too.

The more I look at the coin, the stronger my thoughts go towards weak strike MS coin, there is a lot of luster.

ricko

I like the coin very much.. regardless of the opinion (grade)... Cheers, RickO

mozin

<< <i>Guess I was wrong, just seemed like inside info..."-)

So you think it's correctly graded at 58...?

Can you elaborate on why and thanks for the input... >>



Like I said earlier, it is very difficult to grade MS or near MS Busties from pictures. I downloaded your pictures onto my computer, and blew them up. I thought I noticed too much difference between the left star area field, and the main left obverse field. Maybe too much action in the open field. There also appeared to be activity on Miss Liberty's neck area. The strike looks to be about as expected for the marriage, the reverse being stronger than the obverse. Both dies were new for this marriage.

The black plan streak might also have caused a downgrade to AU 58. Personally, I avoid buying coins with black plan streaks, they just turn me off.

You have the coin in hand. If you feel it is indeed MS, you should submit it to PCGS for crossover. The added value in the PCGS holder alone would be well worth the submission expense.

SomeGuyFromMichigan

Dave, does it really matter what a beautiful coin grades.
That one has flash, I surely would say it's a keeper!
Nice find...
Mike

DenverDave

Thanks guys, always appreciate the input...

I'm not a crossover/crackout type of guy and will leave it "as is" for now...

I bought the coin and will keep it in this plastic just to protect it when I'm handling it...

Mozin... The grease streak is super original in my eye's and adds to the coin but I can see both sides of the coin so to speak..."-)

1794half1839

It probably has a shot at an upgrade to MS62, its an "AU62" or a choice BU coin with just a touch of friction. Many "UNCs" have it even in holders.

DoubleEagle59

I don't think it's an au58 grade.

Much higher.

Originally, I was going to say ms64, before the grade was posted.

I think you could argue both cases.

Overall, it's just a great looking coin and I sure hope you paid au58 money for it.

Gemini

You could have fooled me...oxymoronically it's disgustingly beautiful.

Cam40

it may say 58 on the insert but, it could be market-graded 64 and most of us probably wouldn`t bat an eye
at a 65 if that was tha grade.

Trime

Terrific coin at the right price level. I really like the luster. The grease spot shows the care in the dipping and then retoning.
A collection of AU coins that look like this would be both affordable for many and not likely to depreciate in the wrong side of a cycle.

Boom

Good eye, Mozin. If I've said it once I've said it 1000 times.... technically graded AU 58s are without a doubt, some of the most beautiful coins around.

With that being said, it's my humble opinion that 58 is really being a bit harsh. Man, this coin is a Beauty that just won't quit. Granted, it's darn near impossible to grade a coin from a one dimensional image, but WOW!

Hat's off to Mozin and maybe the graders nailed it but I don't "see" a 58 here, at all.

Sweeeet coin!!