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Which 1863 IH do you prefer?
shylock
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link or not to link is the question, no buyers, little traffic, excuses from people for not clicking and the amount of hate this forum has for me are the issues
Despite the blessed originality, I do not like the color of the 65+.
I'd like to see the 65+ in hand. Or would want a return privilege. The green bean is reassuring so I'd choose this one.
Lance.
the toner would champion...but i'd have to see it in hand
so i feel dumb now
i never knew color wasn't acknowledged on those copper/nickel years
at first i was...
where is the rd or r/b
filed under...learn something new everyday
The 65+ with bean is a hassle to value. Colored copper in recent slabs could change in holder, plus values, bean changes things....just seems too worked with. Cool, nun the less but if they were both sitting there to chose from I'd go with the 66, which is new for me as I'm loaded with color in my collection. It's pluses, beans and edge views I'm not into.
Steve
"You Suck Award" - February, 2015
Discoverer of 1919 Mercury Dime DDO - FS-101
For each and every reason others gave. Stated that way so I didn't have to copy each.
Based on the $1880 prices realized for each coin I'd take the MS65+. The MS66 has "no color" and doesn't appear solid for the grade as it fetched much less than price guide and has no sticker. At least we know the 65+ was stickerable. And it has a look that is very appealing and eye catching. It could be just as stickerable in a 66 holder.
Based on info presented as of today I pick the MS65+ at an 80% premium to MS65 money. It's a pretty wide gap between MS65 to MS66 money ($1,000 to $2600). Both of these coins fell into the middle of that range. One is apparently lower end 66 and the higher very high end 65. I'll take the coin with a chance of potential. You could argue that both of these coins aren't great buys for various reasons. Considering that a solid MS66 with Eagle Eye cert fetched $3290 in that same FUN auction, the killer looking MS65+ at half that price is reasonable. This MS66 at half the price of the better MS66 seems wanting in a market where solid to high end coins rule. That suggests one is an all there MS66 and the other probably isn't. The cheaper MS66 surfaces look much more sanitized/uniform than the Eagle Eye coin which has some variable toning and a few light specks. The Eagle Eye coin has several facial marks that the other coin doesn't. My gut feel says the surfaces on the $1800 MS66 aren't quite right 100% original though market acceptable. 3 coins with distinctly different looks.
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I am a fan of color usually but that 65+ doesn't appeal to me.
Pete
Louis Armstrong
<< <i>#2. MS65+ stickered.
Based on the $1880 prices realized for each coin I'd take the MS65+. The MS66 has "no color" and doesn't appear solid for the grade as it fetched much less than price guide and has no sticker. At least we know the 65+ was stickerable. And it has a look that is very appealing and eye catching. It could be just as stickerable in a 66 holder.
Based on info presented as of today I pick the MS65+ at an 80% premium to MS65 money. It's a pretty wide gap between MS65 to MS66 money ($1,000 to $2600). Both of these coins fell into the middle of that range. One is apparently lower end 66 and the higher very high end 65. I'll take the coin with a chance of potential. You could argue that both of these coins aren't great buys for various reasons. Considering that a solid MS66 with Eagle Eye cert fetched $3290 in that same FUN auction, the killer looking MS65+ at half that price is reasonable. This MS66 at half the price of the better MS66 seems wanting in a market where solid to high end coins rule. That suggests one is an all there MS66 and the other probably isn't. The cheaper MS66 surfaces look much more sanitized/uniform than the Eagle Eye coin which has some variable toning and a few light specks. The Eagle Eye coin has several facial marks that the other coin doesn't. My gut feel says the surfaces on the $1800 MS66 aren't quite right 100% original though market acceptable. 3 coins with distinctly different looks.
Auction link with 3 comparable coins >>
This and thank you for writing this for me
Guess I have something to learn.
Hoard the keys.
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<< <i>#2. MS65+ stickered.
Based on the $1880 prices realized for each coin I'd take the MS65+. The MS66 has "no color" and doesn't appear solid for the grade as it fetched much less than price guide and has no sticker. At least we know the 65+ was stickerable. And it has a look that is very appealing and eye catching. It could be just as stickerable in a 66 holder.
Based on info presented as of today I pick the MS65+ at an 80% premium to MS65 money. It's a pretty wide gap between MS65 to MS66 money ($1,000 to $2600). Both of these coins fell into the middle of that range. One is apparently lower end 66 and the higher very high end 65. I'll take the coin with a chance of potential. You could argue that both of these coins aren't great buys for various reasons. Considering that a solid MS66 with Eagle Eye cert fetched $3290 in that same FUN auction, the killer looking MS65+ at half that price is reasonable. This MS66 at half the price of the better MS66 seems wanting in a market where solid to high end coins rule. That suggests one is an all there MS66 and the other probably isn't. The cheaper MS66 surfaces look much more sanitized/uniform than the Eagle Eye coin which has some variable toning and a few light specks. The Eagle Eye coin has several facial marks that the other coin doesn't. My gut feel says the surfaces on the $1800 MS66 aren't quite right 100% original though market acceptable. 3 coins with distinctly different looks.
Auction link with 3 comparable coins >>
1) No disrespect to CAC, but I'd think a photoseal trumps a sticker, because I believe Rick Snow has seen more high grade Flyers, CN and IHCs than CAC personnel.
2) Ideally, I, and someone I know and trust who has more knowledge than I do must personally view any wildly colorful or unusually toned coin before considering buying it. I don't care what's on the plastic or what sticker it has. Sometimes, I settle for the knowledgeable individual. Last October, for example, I purchased an unusually toned Liberty Nickel - I never have seen one like this - because it was viewed by someone with far more knowledge than I. I would not have purchased the coin otherwise.
3) You need to be careful paying a strong premium for anything where the chance for an upgrade is unlikely at best. Ie., a Liberty Nickel in MS 66, a Capped Bust Half in MS 64, s Capped Bust Dime in MS 64, and I get the impression an IHC or CN coin in MS 66 falls into this category. You don't want to own the most expensive house on the block, so to speak.
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"Sou Mangueira......."
It's even and looks like it's fresh from the mint the way it looked when minted.
<< <i>A 1863 NGC MS66* toner from Dec 2008 - fetched $5462 >>
A lot of coin sold for big $$$ in that year 2008 was the top of the market for many coins.
Hoard the keys.
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<< <i>A 1863 NGC MS66* toner from Dec 2008 - fetched $5462 >>
A lot of coin sold for big $$$ in that year 2008 was the top of the market for many coins. >>
Actually, things were already falling apart in early Dec 2008 when that coin was auctioned. The FUN show only a month later was a disaster with many coins fetching 30-40% off their summer 2008 peaks. The real tipping point for the coin market was around the fall 2008 Long Beach show. After that things started rolling down hill quick. Had this toner 1863 been sold in the first half of 2008 it might have fetched a lot more than $5400. Still, that price is 3X what the PCGS MS66 in this post just fetched. If sold today a price similar or more vs. the Eagle Eye MS66 above ($3300) wouldn't surprise me. And it also wouldn't surprise me if the NGC MS66* toner sold for $2600K or less if it couldn't sticker or buyers couldn't get past the holder. NGC holder bias is far worse today than in Dec 2008 and it has affected (and infected) even the nice coins.
And to answer the question, I like the 65+ coin better, but it is just a color preference. IHCs are NOT my series, so I have little knowledge other than what my eye likes.
That would be a big factor for me.
"La Vostra Nonna Ha Faccia Del Fungo"
<< <i>MS66 would be my pick ;-) >>
I agree.
Mike
The 65+ looks fully struck and an early die state at that! The toning is interesting, but might be the result of secondary toning after the coin was dipped.
I would prefer the 65+ if it was priced around $1,000. The 66 is a trap at any price over $1800
Assuming that the coin looks the same in hand as in the picture, the colors are phenomenal.
Personally like the clean CN look of #1.