NEWP - 1859 3CS Type III - What do you think? - GTG (PCGS) - Grade posted

oih82w8 · July 24, 2017 7:10AM

I picked up a Type III 3CS recently and wanted to see what the forum members had to say about the grade in comparison to what PCGS bestowed on it.

Thank you for your interest and comments!

ScarsdaleCoin · July 24, 2017 7:33AM

Any trime is a nice trime with that said one can not really comment from your pic intelligently

TommyType · July 24, 2017 7:39AM

These are tough because pictures inevitably blow the tiny coins up into dinner plate size, and any imperfections end up looking like gaping caverns.

I'm riding the fence between AU-58, and MS-63, and can't bring myself to resolve the obvious gap in my range. One of those cases where even good pictures probably won't take the place of having it in hand....(Or, I'm just inept....take your pick).

mannie gray · July 24, 2017 8:00AM

@TommyType said:
These are tough because pictures inevitably blow the tiny coins up into dinner plate size, and any imperfections end up looking like gaping caverns.

I'm riding the fence between AU-58, and MS-63, and can't bring myself to resolve the obvious gap in my range. One of those cases where even good pictures probably won't take the place of having it in hand....(Or, I'm just inept....take your pick).

@TommyType said:
These are tough because pictures inevitably blow the tiny coins up into dinner plate size, and any imperfections end up looking like gaping caverns.

I'm riding the fence between AU-58, and MS-63, and can't bring myself to resolve the obvious gap in my range. One of those cases where even good pictures probably won't take the place of having it in hand....(Or, I'm just inept....take your pick).

I agree--my first thought was 58/62 range.

roadrunner · July 24, 2017 8:11AM

62/63 coin these days. If it's in a 58 holder you did good.

golden · July 24, 2017 11:34AM

58.

ColonelJessup · July 24, 2017 3:14PM

I think, with either a AU58CAC green sticker or 62 CAC green to verify the color, the coin is worth 64 money. The spreads aren't that big. Exceptionally vivid album toning due to excellent remaining lustre.

edited to add: The lustre and color in the second image are subdued compared to those of the first.

Flatwoods · July 24, 2017 3:58PM

My phone must be killing your trime.
My first thought was 55 based on the reverse.
It isn't a mint state coin in the strict sense.
I am anxious to see what they awarded it.
Don't take my post the wrong way. I like the coin fine.

DRUNNER · July 24, 2017 4:15PM

I think the coin is superb.

My reaction is AU58. I look at the microhits in the fields and devices as evidence of very brief circulation or handling, at least in the coins in my end of the pool. I fully realize there are VERY many certified MS coins that have those microhits, but it has just seemed to me to be my clearest way of looking at the MS / AU dilemma.

Drunner