I need some help grading this Bay Bridge...

Meltdown

This is in an ICG green slab. The luster is a bit muted (but visible) and the bear has a dull grey finish instead of flashy silver.
Maybe that's the finish on these?
There are minimal dinks and danks on the surface. And only one little tick that I can see on the bear...
The diagonal lines on the front leg thru the back lag are part of the toning streaks, not scratches.
The reverse is pretty clean with no dings in any of those small little waves.
What's your take on the grade and why? Thank You.

UtahCoin

Here's a PCGS MS67 (Rattler) for comparision.

Sorry about the size...

Meltdown

Cool. Thanks for the photo. What's the finish like on yours?
Is it a matte grey or flashy silver?

UtahCoin

Kind of a flat matte.

mirabela

That's really impossible from the pics. I'm not just being one of those "you can't grade from pictures" people, either. A lot of the time you can come pretty close ... but not here. Those things are hard enough to grade in person, and with the toning, mediated through those pictures ... forget it.

63 or better, and that's as much help (not much!) as I can give.

fc

i just cannot tell based on those pics.
if i was buying based on those pics i would not bid over AU58 money.

mommam17

Hard to tell about grade but looks like a coin I could fall in love with!!! Would like to see it in hand.

mike92694

There appears to be quite a few marks on the body of the bear, or is that on the slab?

My answer is 64.5

mommam17

Very hard to tell about marks because we are looking at a blown up picture and it is one flat coin where marks really show up. I think I`ll go with 65???

slinc

looks alot like one i have that is a pcgs ms64, yours maybe looks a hair better.

Meltdown

<< <i>There appears to be quite a few marks on the body of the bear, or is that on the slab?

My answer is 64.5 >>


They are on the slab. I could not shoot around them or through them.
It's a tough one to capture given the dark color and scratchy slab.
I scrutinized it pretty good with a 10x loupe and could only find one little tick on the bear above the front leg.
I couldn't find anything at all on the reverse.
This one definitely needs a crossover.

mike92694

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<< <i>There appears to be quite a few marks on the body of the bear, or is that on the slab?

My answer is 64.5 >>


They are on the slab. I could not shoot around them or through them.
It's a tough one to capture given the dark color and scratchy slab.
I scrutinized it pretty good with a 10x loupe and could only find one little tick on the bear above the front leg.
I couldn't find anything at all on the reverse.
This one definitely needs a crossover. >>



Hmm. See here. We have the curse of a lesser-appreciated grading service. From the BST post, you would like $500, which is most likely in the MS-65+ range.
The trouble here is that people do buy the holder, and not the coin. If this were a PCGS MS-67, you could command well into the 4-figures just by name recognition alone. However, this is in an ICG Holder, and many people would have trouble buying it just because of the holder.

Would I pay the $500 asked if it were in a PCGS-65 holder? Yes, without hesitation. Even if it were in an NGC-65 holder. But it isn't. It could be a 64. It could be a 65. It could even grade higher. It could even grade lower. It could even grade "Genuine". Who knows?

Speaking of which, best wishes in selling the coin.