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What If…GTG $2.5 1900 Liberty (Grade Revealed)

pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 23, 2021 3:53PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Here are pictures of a $2.5 1900 Liberty I recently picked up. There is a scratch on the obverse at about 11:00. What’s your opinion of the grade with and without the scratch? I’ll post the assigned grade later today.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A lot of chatter on the neck and in the reverse field. MS64..... Cheers, RickO

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 17,197 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 23, 2021 9:42AM

    I'd guess weak 63 with (and still 63 without).

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS63. That mark will not make a difference one way or the other at this grade level.

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    LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1. Still, nice coin. But then, I'm way partial to pre-33 gold... :#

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a 63 to me.

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    pcgscacgoldpcgscacgold Posts: 3,839 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    61 with scratch, 62 without.

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    KoveKove Posts: 2,083 ✭✭✭✭

    63 as is.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,251 ✭✭✭✭✭

    63

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    63 sounds right.

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    coinandcurrency242coinandcurrency242 Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭✭

    I am on the 63 band wagon

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rough surfaces, my initial guess was around ms61.

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    mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    63, could see a +

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    pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 23, 2021 3:57PM

    NGC MS-64

    Ricko was spot on. The 63 and 63+ were in the ballpark. Others may have been a little harsh. The picture is 6x the actual size so the dings and chatter may have been weighted more heavily because of the magnification.

    The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
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    pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW, the price difference for this date between a 63 and 64 is about 12%. There are other dates where the price difference between these grades would be 2x or more. When you're paying that type of premium for a one point difference in grade you really need to be an expert at grading.

    The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are nice little coins!

    Here’s my “63” :D

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    pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    Those are nice little coins!

    Here’s my “63” :D

    Nice!

    The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
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    d9lowed9lowe Posts: 312 ✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    Those are nice little coins!

    Here’s my “63” :D

    Thats a nice looking coin!

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