Mint Error... Guess the Grades & Attribute the Error types? (Grades & Error Types Posted)

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• TomB Posts: 22,097 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 12:54AM

  Is the top one off-center and the bottom one broadstruck? Both look like they have luster, but I don't know if they are MS or choice AU.

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• winky Posts: 1,671 ✭

  November 30, 2015 1:06AM

  Ware on curls so I go with Au on both. Very nice Liberty's.

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• ctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 1:08AM

  OC, BS, MS 64?

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• jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 2:13AM

  Both Broadstruck, the 1888 is an AU-55 and the 1906 is MS-63?

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 43,897 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 2:22AM

  Originally posted by: TomB
  
  Is the top one off-center and the bottom one broadstruck? Both look like they have luster, but I don't know if they are MS or choice AU.

  
  
  
  
  Ditto.

  
  
  

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• BustHalfBrian Posts: 4,192 ✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 2:51AM

  #1 is was struck o/c and #2 was broadstruck o/c.
  
  
  
  Both look MS62/63 to me. Nice pair.

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• Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 7:26AM

  Looking good... I'll post the answers tomorrow morning in case anyone else wants to participate in guessing?

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 7:33AM

  
  
  In my mind, they are:
  
  
  
  1888 - Off Center
  
  
  
  1906 - Broadstruck, or Uncentered Broadstruck.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  That said, I wouldn't be surprised, depending on what service they are,
  
  that both are tagged as Broadstruck, or both are tagged as Off Center.

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• Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 30, 2015 9:53PM

  Thanks for guessing!
  
  
  
  Both are NGC certified and attributed just "Broadstruck" on the label.
  
  
  
  The 1888 as AU58 which is actually Off Center.
  
  
  
  The 1906 as MS61 which is a Uncentered Broadstrike.
  
  
  
  As FredWeinberg mentioned depending on which TPG service mint error attributions can be quite different.
  
  
  
  I've seen some which I've traced research wise seen in upwards of 3 different TPG slabs with 3 completely different attribution on what kind of mint error it actually is.

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