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[GTG] 1858 Flying Eagle Cent *REVEALED*
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I recently acquired this coin. Care to guess the PCGS grade? I'll reveal in ~24 hours. (edit: grade revealed in comment)
Any and all comments on the coin are also welcome, except from Cougar. 
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Not a cougar here so I'll go with a 66 maybe a 65, just a guess here
58BN
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61
Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.
62
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62 does seem correct to me too.
61
64
64
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MS62
64
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63
In July 2024. It's MS 65
63
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64
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63+
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63.
63
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Looks like a gem to me, some chatter and tics that are not enough to knock it down much in grade.
63
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64, I'm agreeing with @rnkmyer1 .
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63
Galton average is 63.07 so far.
couldn't decide between 58 or 62....will go 62
58+
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58+.....just enough stray hairlines on the obverse to suggest it might have circulated very briefly
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My iPhone slab shots:
Close-ups from Rick Snow's website:
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If I saw the last set of photos first I would have guessed au58ish, prior to that from viewing the TV which are a oil painting of optimism I would guessed 63ish. Another great thread proving one cannot accurately grade from a photo
Interesting and I’m not really surprised.
I could see the light rub, but I thought for sure given it was a pretty clean overall coin it’d net out at 61, maybe 62. Now that I see these other photos a lot more hits are apparent. Still think it’s a nice coin.
@P0CKETCHANGE - are you happy with it and what you paid for it? If so, that’s all that matters in the end my brother!
100%. I used to view TVs as the best, most ideal image of a coin. Nowadays I don’t know what to make of them and TVs tend to lead to more questions than answers. 😔
Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.
Nice coin, looks 63
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Cool machine doubling too.
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Less than uncirculated.
Well, I got the present date correct
Choice Uncirculated, BN.
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You see wear? I don't. Where on the coin do you see wear from circulation?
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."
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Speech in Washington, 16 Apr. 1953, in Public Papers of Presidents 1953 (1960) p. 182
A couple places, but this is the most obvious:
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Eagle's eyebrow. I had thought it to be toning in the first picture. It is really a high end coin with potential for a MS grade.
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I wish all my slabbed coins were graded PCGS AU58.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Speech in Washington, 16 Apr. 1953, in Public Papers of Presidents 1953 (1960) p. 182
The TV highlights the slight wear on the eagle's breast, which was not so clear in the first pic.
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