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Some grades I just don't get. I buy coins as I grade them, what do you grade this dime?

seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
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I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

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  • Tdec1000Tdec1000 Posts: 3,852 ✭✭✭
    F-15?? Not a seated expert but that is my WAG.
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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    50, maybe 45.
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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭


    << <i>My gut says AU53. >>



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  • KoveKove Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭✭
    My first reaction was AU53.
  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>F-15?? Not a seated expert but that is my WAG. >>



    well if he gets to say F15 i get to say

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    EF-40 or 45 depending upon theh remaining luster. I can't say much for eye appeal aspects of it. Sorry... image
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    I am very impressed, my grade on the coin was an AU53. I will post the PCGS actual after a few more people chime in.
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  • TallGuyTallGuy Posts: 122 ✭✭
    55 detail, dinged a little for the splotchy toning to AU-53.
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  • MilkmanDanMilkmanDan Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    XF45, not that I agree it should be a 45 but that's about how my grades have been coming back lately.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If I saw it in-hand, raw, from what the pics look like, I would say technical low-end AU, but I wouldn't pay above EF price for it (well, I actually wouldn't buy it anyway....I don't like how it looks from the picture)

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,817 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard to judge luster in your pics so I'll guess XF45.

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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭✭✭
    XF40
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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd call it an AU50... would have been a couple of points higher if it had a stronger strike and less spotting.

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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    I have seen a lot of very AU-ish coins graded 45's these days, so much so I have been building a set of Seated Dollars in what I call AU-45's with luster. I have many PCGS 45's that are nicer than the AU50's I already have.

    The grading has become tight again, CAC is giving these AU-45's green beans too and not beaning some similar looking 53's in 3-4 year old holders.

    It seems the standards have shifted IMHO.
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭

    XF45+/AU50
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PCGS45 is my guess. Nice coin.

    Edited to say after looking at coin again.....I lowered to XF45 because of surfaces.

    Still a nice coin that I would love to have!
  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'd call it an AU50... would have been a couple of points higher if it had a stronger strike and less spotting. >>



    This date is known to have weak strikes, even the PCGS MS65 coinfacts coin does not have a full head or left reverse details. That coins strike is far better than most any other I have seen. There was only one die pair used which cracked fairly soon into production.
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

    Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.

    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
  • Coinerww2Coinerww2 Posts: 356
    Well I would say AU50 by comparison to other coins from that year/MM combination.
  • georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    First reaction was 45, but then 50.

    50 is a good number.image
  • MilkmanDanMilkmanDan Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have seen a lot of very AU-ish coins graded 45's these days, so much so I have been building a set of Seated Dollars in what I call AU-45's with luster. I have many PCGS 45's that are nicer than the AU50's I already have.

    The grading has become tight again, CAC is giving these AU-45's green beans too and not beaning some similar looking 53's in 3-4 year old holders.

    It seems the standards have shifted IMHO. >>


    This mirrors my experience lately.
  • michiganboymichiganboy Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭
    I think AU50, It is kinda low on eye appeal.
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  • DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    I would guess xf45, maybe au50 on a good day. Hard to do without coin in hand.
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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,663 ✭✭✭
    Lacks luster from the photo, so I would say 40.
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    The coin holder is a PCGS 45 CAC (green)
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    50

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  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭✭
    It's a 55 coin but the stains drag it down to a 50 for me.
  • JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    45-ish would be my first impression.
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • MilkmanDanMilkmanDan Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With what I and others perceive as strict standards recently, we no longer need the green beans. Well, except that none of us can tell when a coin was graded.
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭✭✭
    looks 50ish, but like others, I'm not a great fan on her eye appeal (from the photo anyway)

    could be 53, could be 45, but I'm thinking 50


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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    AU53
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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My first reaction was a strong 45 overall grade.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,532 ✭✭✭✭✭
    45?
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  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭
    I would call it an AU 50 but....image
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stains don't bother me.....I'll take it.image
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    I would never have guessed AU on that coin.
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's only market acceptable at 45 because our host knows that too many collectors are too lazy to inform themselves of strike characteristics that can vary from one issue to another within a series. This is known as self preservation from a liability viewpoint. Some might consider it as the opposite of gradeflation. Same scenario applies to 1870-S dime. Never, ever fully struck on reverse.

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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    The "stains" must seem worse due to my less than excellent photo skills. The coin was beaned by CAC and in my experience, plain ugly coins don't sticker.
    I seldom check PM's but do check emails often jason@seated.org

    Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.

    Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    almost like paying someone to reduce the value of your coins
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>EF-40 or 45 depending upon theh remaining luster. I can't say much for eye appeal aspects of it. Sorry... image >>



    Without reading the rest of the responses, this is where I came down after looking at the photos. I realize the coin is weakly struck but unless there is a bunch of luster hidden in the margins that doesn't translate in the photo, I can't see calling the coin AU anything. I will add that I tend to undergrade seated dimes, as the OP could attest.


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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like her....AU50
  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    believe it or not, this one is actually well struck for a 72-S i believe some people here are confusing luster with toning. if that isnt luster on the coin im guessing that someone sure shined the hell out of the plastic !
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • Yukoncornelius1Yukoncornelius1 Posts: 654 ✭
    Not sure what PCGS said but the coin is a solid 50.
  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    "Not sure what PCGS said but the coin is a solid 50" <<<<< this is why most of my coins are raw. i cant convince myself to pay someone else to grade my coins when i can do it myself
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll go out on a limb here, and say AU58. I don't see any actual wear on it. Usually, Liberty's breast, leg, and the veins on the leaves of the wreath show wear first, and they look good.

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