Opinion - Classic Half Eagle

dagman100

I am considering purchasing a 1838 Classic Head Half Eagle in PCGS AU53. Would it be improper for me to reference a link to the dealer's site to observe the coin. The image is in excess of 50K bytes and will not upload here. Thanks

AnkurJ

You can post the image without telling who its from.

dagman100

<< <i>You can post the image without telling who its from. >>



The image is too large - over the site's 50K limit. I have know way to size it down.

AnkurJ

You can upload it through tinypic.com. It gives you the option to resize it there.

lostincoins

put it in photobucket and resize it using edit function

Coins299

Your fine, I think you are covered with just a few opinions!

dagman100

Ok - Here they are.

Coins299

<< <i>Ok - Here they are.



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How much are they asking?

AnkurJ

Hard to tell from those pictures, but the surfaces look decent. It looks accurately graded. My only concern are the tick marks under the eagles head.

dagman100

$1700

dagman100

<< <i>Hard to tell from those pictures, but the surfaces look decent. It looks accurately graded. My only concern are the tick marks under the eagles head. >>



Would those not just be contact marks?

Coins299

I like the color. Suggests it hasn't been dipped in a long time.

But, how is the luster, do you know?

dagman100

Unfortunately, all I have to go on is the photos. The dealer is being straight with me. He describes is as a nice, original coin, with some remaining luster. I don't get the impression he is trying to oversell it.

Placid

Looks more 45-50 to me in the pics.
Not a hard coin to find in major auctions.
Btw the seller tends to send all coins to cac.

Coins299

i think it is a solid 50. Just my opinion.

Labelman87

Dagman:

Perhaps you could use a few of my images to compare color, grade variations and the like. Both of my coins are at the higher end of their grade range. Your potential buy falls between these grades.

GOOD LUCK!

This coin is CAC'd






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Craig

dagman100

Thanks Labelman. Nothing beats a side by side, especially against coins that have CAC'd. I am feeling a little better on the coloration. I don't know if this coin will CAC but I might try it.

steveben

my opinion is that it was cleaned a long time ago. it's market acceptable however. the only thing that concerns me about it is the grayish appearance of some of the highpoints. could it have been heated at some point? I don't know if it would cac. it reminds me a of coin I once had that I think was heated.

Nysoto

Looks OK, but not PQ because of the number of small marks, which is typical of an AU53 grade. Classic Head gold is loosely graded and AU50-55 usually has only a small amount of luster in protected areas of the letters and stars. My icon coin is an 1838 PCGS AU58 purchased from Doug Winter, a high end 58 that could have gone 62. CHG is also difficult to evaluate from an image, I have found. Make sure you know the return policy, and if you like it in person, go for it!