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Guess the grade of this scarcer 1914-D Saint.
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The 1914-D Saints do not come as lustrous as the ultra common 1924 Saint.
Note that this coin was graded by NGC and stickered by CAC.
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MS62
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MS63
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63
62+
MS64. The surfaces are super clean and the strike is good. Yeah the luster, and thus eye appeal, is a subdued but 64 seems fair. A couple tiny ticks at the bottom of rays on the reverse but they're otherwise pristine.
I agree with ajaan!
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Her face looks great.
MS65.
Not a gold guy. Probably shows in my grading.
64+
Small pictures, not too many distractions. Probably MS64.
NGC graded this Saint MS-62 and was stickered by CAC.
Looks nice for a 62 based on the photos
Deserves a gold sticker. Got to be one of the nicest 62s ever graded.
JA is tough on these.
Very nice looking 62.
JA likes it a a C level MS-63 not enough for a gold sticker on a 62 grade or a green sticker on a 63 grade.
If it looks like the pics it's a 65 with strong luster. That's a crazy deduction to 62. Sure the eye appeal drops with the luster but not THAT much. It's an awesome coin for a truly MS piece with minimal contact marks and a good strike.
The slab picture shows many small marks over Liberty that the original picture obscures (due to lower resolution)
I agree, I think it's correctly graded at 62.
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I agree with that, very small. At 20X like the image above they're quite noticeable.
It is not the numerous small bag marks in the devices that drives the grade below MS-62 or MS-63 but bagmarks in the open fields. Agreed that this 1914-D Saint is very clean and nearly devoid of bagmarks and scrapes in the open fields.
Looking at the photo by Great Collections, I would have said MS-64. Looking at your close-up photo, I would say the MS-62 is the right call.
This is why I like posting threads on viewing photos of coins. The difference in the photos can throw off even the best graders among us even when not overtly trying to deceive. Doing such threads and comparing our reactions to various photos can only sharpen our ability to partially guess at the grades of the photos we view. Still not as accurate as viewing in person.