Grade the raw $5 gold

Weiss

Picked her up yesterday as bullion.
Lots of luster, a lil' dirty. Would you agree AU55, maybe 58? Higher or lower?

291fifth

AU details, cleaned.

bolivarshagnasty

Originally posted by: 291fifth

AU details, cleaned.

DITTO

Baley

AU52, not cleaned.

Boosibri

I would agree with the above

CommemKing

AU50

ms70

40

Weiss

Originally posted by: ms70
40

LOL. I hope that's a net grade. On a bad day. Up hill in the snow

golden

Originally posted by: 291fifth
AU details, cleaned.

jmski52

If it were a Large Cent, it would be referred to as "harshly cleaned".

DennisH

AU55

GoldCoin98

Au cleaned

mannie gray

I am seeing a lot of hairlines that would indicate a cleaning.

Hard to determine without examining the coin if it would grade or not.

Technical grade would be AU 50/53.

TopographicOceans

I'm going to give you a Au53 straight grade

You heard me.

mirabela

Ditto the straight 53. Those hairlines really are consistent with actual pocket wear.

Baley

Originally posted by: mirabela

Ditto the straight 53. Those hairlines really are consistent with actual pocket wear.

Agree. Folks are way too quick to say, "cleaned" about coins.



If it were a Large Cent, it would be referred to as "harshly cleaned".



And if it were a pepperoni pizza, it would be referred to as "delicious"



but it's not either one of those things, is it?

ricko

I would give it 53-55 and definitely not cleaned. Hairlines do not always come from cleaning.

Too easy to 'hip shoot' a verdict. Cheers, RickO

grip

Originally posted by: mirabela
Ditto the straight 53. Those hairlines really are consistent with actual pocket wear.

Yorkshireman

Originally posted by: Baley

Originally posted by: mirabela
Ditto the straight 53. Those hairlines really are consistent with actual pocket wear.

Agree. Folks are way too quick to say, "cleaned" about coins.

If it were a Large Cent, it would be referred to as "harshly cleaned".

And if it were a pepperoni pizza, it would be referred to as "delicious"

but it's not either one of those things, is it?

Funny!
I would say cleaned too. Maybe it is just the photo lighting, but it looks a little too shiny for a circulated coin.

BillJones

AU-50 sharpness, cleaned. All of the little hairlines plus the bright surfaces have drawn me to that conclusion.

dogwood

Coin to coin contact, especially with gold, creates hairlines. If the girl was in a free space for awhile they could add up.
Hard to tell from the photos if the lines are proper random but I'd feel good about that one.
AU 53.
Basic $5 & $10 Libs are fun!

steveben

you should submit this coin...it would be so interesting to see the result.



i think the light could be affecting people's opinions.



when i saw the obverse, i thought, cleaned. but, when i saw the reverse i thought, that coin *may* grade 55 cause those hairlines could be just circulation wear being exaggerated by the photos. this is why you can't grade from photos.

derryb

58 and dirty (not cleaned).

lordmarcovan

Dunno 'bout any cleaning but iooks like acceptable Ch AU to me?



I get an AU53-55-ish vibe.

joebb21

AU50.

Tibor

The obv. looks to be 40-45 but wiped with a cloth, the high points are too bright.

The rev. looks to be 50-55 but without the cloth impairment.

True View pics might clear this up.

Weiss

I suppose it goes to show how polarizing coins can be. We've got somewhere between 40 and 58, somewhere between original and cleaned.
I'd be good with 55 wiped. The cartwheel and frost is original and there is plenty of it. But there are a few hairlines.