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Guess the grade- 1903 $2 1/2 Liberty

jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just picked this one up... any guesses?

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  • MorganMan94MorganMan94 Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 3, 2017 7:50AM

    63
    Not big on the copper spots and the rim bumps or I think it would go 64

  • JazzmanJABJazzmanJAB Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 3, 2017 7:58AM

    62
    Spots not a consideration.
    Rim bumps and slight rub on Hair.

    Nice coin.

  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS64

  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64

  • stevebensteveben Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MorganMan94 said:
    63
    Not big on the copper spots and the rim bumps or I think it would go 64

    this is how a gold coin from this time period should look.

  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,983 ✭✭✭✭✭

    58

  • SurfinxHISurfinxHI Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64, good shot at 65. Copper might hold it back tho

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  • KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭✭

    63 or 64

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  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd guess 64, copper spots may hold it back from a 65.

  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • goldengolden Posts: 10,118 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will go 64 but I would not want it because of the spots.

  • mariner67mariner67 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭

    I am at 63-64....so...I'll go with 64.
    I like it.

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,322 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 3, 2017 11:43AM

    MS64. Copper spots don't change the grade. CAC often stickers spotted gold coins, attesting to their originality.
    Some faint grazing on the cheek. The obv and rev fields both show some chatter that thins the luster a tad.

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  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is why grading by pictures can be tricky! It graded Unc details cleaned. I paid cleaned price for it, and really only bought it because I looked up the pictures first. I literally cannot see any signs of a cleaning in the pictures, and at first I could not in hand either. After looking at it under a loupe, VERY light lines are visible when the light hits it in one spot, so I guess it has been very lightly wiped. I think if it was raw, I probably would have been fooled by it too.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS-63. It looks to be quite smooth, but it's not flashy. The grading on these tends to be conservative.

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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Put me in the "send it in again" crowd.

    MS66 taste on an MS63 budget.
  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @clarkbar04 said:
    Put me in the "send it in again" crowd.

    It is in a secure holder... would that prevent it from ever grading with pcgs? The thought has crossed my mind to send it to ngc.

  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS63 at least.

  • coffeycecoffeyce Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭

    63/64 It looks a just a bit better than my 1904 MS62

  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coffeyce said:
    63/64 It looks a just a bit better than my 1904 MS62

    Grade was posted... it surprisingly graded unc cleaned!

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Id say it is a 63 if it made it into a problem free holder. In basal value it has $147 in gold in it. An Unc details coin would sell for between $200-$220 from the looks of it. A 63 is worth about $350-$400. I guess I'd just accept it for what it is and sell it if the details grading bothers you vs. putting more money into it. Just my opinion.

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