New Purchase 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter to Grade

johnny54321

I recently purchased this coin as a mild upgrade on my dateles FR02 example. You can see the lower parts of the 9 and 6, and shadows of the other digits. It's definitely not a perfect coin, but it is nice to have one that at least has full rims. :-)

Halfhunter06

Good 6

rld14

I'd almost say it's got VG details, problem is, when the dates are that weak, they get pulled way down by the TPGs.. wouldn't be shocked if it came back FR/AG

savoyspecial

G4/G6

morgandollar1878

First thought is G4.

DennisH

Good 6 or 4. Very weak date may punish it at a grading service.

clackamas

Maybe I am missing something.. but how in the heck can a near dateless coin be good? It has to PO1 if the date is nearly not readable.

SamByrd

g4

Cam40

i find it amazing a coin with such a low mintage circulated that long to get to a g-grade
before someone recognized it as such.

MarkInDavis

G-4

Artist

<< <i>Maybe I am missing something.. but how in the heck can a near dateless coin be good? It has to PO1 if the date is nearly not readable. >>



A 1916 quarter is readily identifiable even when completely dateless via other diagnostic criteria. According to your logic, how would you then account for all the different states of wear that can occur between a coin with the rims worn completely away, and the coin in the OP?

To SLQ guys, the 1916 is THE coin... they are revered even when almost smooth... by comparison, the OP coin, even though the date is almost ineligible, would like quite lovely in a circulated set.

Congrats on the pickup!

kevinstang

<< <i>Maybe I am missing something.. but how in the heck can a near dateless coin be good? It has to PO1 if the date is nearly not readable. >>



Its obvious you've never collected circulated standing liberty quarters prior to 1925 by that statement Sometimes you need to look at the detail, not just the weakpoints of a coin/issue.

johnny54321

Thank you for all of your comments! I agree with 4 or 6, depending on the graders. PCGS is tough on this date these days, so I dont see them going over 4. ANACS may give a 6 though.



<< <i>Maybe I am missing something.. but how in the heck can a near dateless coin be good? It has to PO1 if the date is nearly not readable. >>



Here is my PO1 example. :-D

Numismanic

G4

joecopper

G4 for me

BillJones

It can't be graded any better than G00D-4 given the extreme wear on the date. I think it would be a tough sell at the Good level because of that.

It's a shame, because the coin is very choice for the grade otherwise.

REALGATOR

Rescued from circulation just in time. Nice!

I'd sell those dateless slugs to cover the cost.

dsessom

I think PCGS would go G6 since it's THE key.

I'm jealous. That's one of my "dream coins".

johnny54321

<< <i>It can't be graded any better than G00D-4 given the extreme wear on the date. I think it would be a tough sell at the Good level because of that. >>



I think the price I paid was still decent in that case. It was $2075 shipped, which is closer to AG than G retail. Anywhere from G-4/6 I think it was a pretty good deal.

johnny54321

ANACS said AG-3. :-(

avenue7

<< <i>ANACS said AG-3. :-( >>



Ouch!

MFH

I actually like the coin - even as an AG 3 -
and I was half expecting you to say you
picked it out of a junk box of old silver.

HoledandCreative

I like it. Certified Dateless are bringing $1000 or so on eBay. A dated one, to me anyway, is much more desirable.

johnny54321

<< <i>I actually like the coin - even as an AG 3 - and I was half expecting you to say you picked it out of a junk box of old silver. >>


LOL. Nope, I actually paid real money for this coin.

I must admit I'm upset with the grade, as I've done a ton of research beforehand on lower grade certified 1916 libs. This one compares all day long to the PCGS G-4 and G-6 examples in the Heritage archives. I am very much considering submitting to PCGS now.I sent it in at the same time I sent in my low grade example that I most recently found(It came back PO1 as expected). I'm wondering if sending 2 1916s at the same time may have biased them?


Here is a 1916 that a friend of mine found, and he received an AG3 from ANACS for comparison

SeaEagleCoins

You made only one mistake here... sending it to ANACS (sorry... I have little to no respect for their opinion... if they told me the sun was shining at noon on a hot, cloudless summer day, I would look out the window to be certain)

Please don't make a second mistake by accepting their opinion...

Nice coin BTW! it is a shame how the SLQ's wear down around the date so severely.

johnny54321

I resubmitted this coin, and it regraded problem free G-4. I think that is a fair grade.