Chopmark CC Trade Dollar, GUESS THE GRADE (GRADE REVEALED)

BECOKA

Go ahead and make your best guess, I'll post the grade and my thoughts after TDN has a chance to give his, i.e. hopefully when this thread is done it will be educational.





Edited with results:

Wow,

No one got it.

Genuine, Cleaned

Personally I would net it at about a 45 or 50.



Now for my comments: I wanted to post a challenge to show how difficult it really is to grade a coin by the photo's even when the detail is there and the photos are large enough to see most everything.

erikbedard

XF 45

tradedollarnut

45 - or 50 if there's more luster than the pic appears to show

BECOKA

<< <i>45 - or 50 if there's more luster than the pic appears to show >>



Getting closer and the hint is there is no more luster than the image shows.

NumisOxide

I say AU-50.

DUIGUY

XF40

Very Nice pictures and coin !!

BECOKA

OK, last hint,

What do you usually get when you have this much detail and no luster?

HalfCollector

an NGC-58!!

TennesseeDave

55/58

kaz

Pretty nice strike on the obverse! Given the hints, I'll guess-- xf40?

CarsonCityGold

I'll go with 55.

jmj3esq

AU53

coinkat

I like it and 53 seems reasonable

DDR

I would guess 53 or 55, depending what it looks like in hand. Great pics, by the way.

(OK, if pressed, I'll say 55.)

Mar327

AU55 I love that teal color - great pics, Ben!

AUandAG

AU55.

Nice coin, lovely lady!

bob

partagas

xf45

BECOKA

Wow,

No one got it.

Genuine, Cleaned

Personally I would net it at about a 45 or 50.



Now for my comments: I wanted to post a challenge to show how difficult it really is to grade a coin by the photo's even when the detail is there and the photos are large enough to see most everything.

kaz

I'm afraid you just didn't set the bar low enough with the hints, LOL! Still a nice looking coin, and shows how hard it can be to spot a cleaning from photos.

BECOKA

<< <i>I'm afraid you just didn't set the bar low enough with the hints, LOL! Still a nice looking coin, and shows how hard it can be to spot a cleaning from photos. >>



I guess another thing I forgot to mention is if someone is on a budget you can get pretty good looking coins with great strikes in genuine holders for much less than beat up lower graded "problem free" versions.

kaz

<< <i>

<< <i>I'm afraid you just didn't set the bar low enough with the hints, LOL! Still a nice looking coin, and shows how hard it can be to spot a cleaning from photos. >>



I guess another thing I forgot to mention is if someone is on a budget you can get pretty good looking coins with great strikes in genuine holders for much less than beat up lower graded "problem free" versions. >>



Excellent point! I think the Genuine service from PCGS is a good thing.

coinkat

seems just a little harsh

Weiss

I know it's not the way "it" works, but come on. Not grading a chopmarked trade dollar because it was cleaned?
It's had a steel punch taken to it!

I'd call it an AU53 chopmarked and that's being conservative.

dizzyfoxx

That coin easily makes it into a slabbed XF45 holder before the "Genuine" option was invented.

TennesseeDave

I have seen a lot worse coins graded.Crack it out and resubmit it,unless the cleaning is very obvious with the coin in hand.I say its AU-50+.

BECOKA

<< <i>I have seen a lot worse coins graded.Crack it out and resubmit it,unless the cleaning is very obvious with the coin in hand.I say its AU-50+. >>



This belongs to a photography client, he is seriously considering it.

greghansen

Hmm, I guessed @ AU53 before reading the posts. Some coins you can tell have been cleaned from images. This one you cannot.