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SametsSamets Posts: 258 ✭✭✭
edited September 30, 2025 3:06PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

So I bought this 1883 Hawaii 10 cent coin and don’t agree with the grade on the PCGS slab…

I want to get the community’s take on what iyou think the grade is…

Here’s the coin:

What do you think the grade is?
Do you think conservation will get rid of the dark skin revealing luster that I think is there?

Thanks!

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,808 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF Details?

  • MEJ7070MEJ7070 Posts: 302 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pruebas said:
    VF Details?

    +1

  • SametsSamets Posts: 258 ✭✭✭

    Interesting.... Maybe it's my photo's... The coin is not details graded and shows lustre coming though the toning. It's possible it's the angle I took the photos at...

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,994 ✭✭✭✭✭

    40 seems reasonable. Without seeing in hand and solely from the images, the coin seems to miss 45. I do not think enhancing through a dip will help this coin - instead you will trade issues that will not produce a better outcome. Leave it as it is.

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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Minimally porous surfaces and I have at 30. The brow, cheek, nose and mustache as well as hair just have too much wear IMHO for higher.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF30 obverse/XF45 reverse

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  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF-30

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 44,042 ✭✭✭✭✭

    40

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF30 here

  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    With all due respect I do not see any way this coin can go EF, not a chance IMHO. Not even 35, and I like the Hawaiian dimes.

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  • BjornBjorn Posts: 542 ✭✭✭

    Unless the photos are bad, I say at the highest a better VF - be careful, sometimes lustre under grime can be light cleaning and becomes apparent once the grime is removed.

  • marcmoishmarcmoish Posts: 6,798 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF35

  • SametsSamets Posts: 258 ✭✭✭

    The coin is a PCGS XF45

    I think the problem is my photography still....

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,994 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thanks for posting the PCGS grade. That is as good as it gets

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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yikes, I would def. disagree. Also, a strange looking label on there...

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,994 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think a shield would be required for the 1883 Hawaiian coinage.

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  • SametsSamets Posts: 258 ✭✭✭

    @7Jaguars said:
    Yikes, I would def. disagree. Also, a strange looking label on there...

    It's a Gen 4 holder variation, same as the "Series" and "Coin" on the front.
    From what I understand, this label was used for coins that weren't part of any US series and didn't need that notation.

  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭✭

    So I bought this 1883 Hawaii 10 cent coin and don’t agree with the grade on the PCGS slab…

    So what's your opinion on the grade? You said that you don't agree. Overgraded or undergraded?

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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,759 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are those light green pvc specs? If there is hidden luster, a 45 or 50 seems reasonable.

  • Coinlover101Coinlover101 Posts: 192 ✭✭✭

    Eek...I was thinking VF25 :#

    Peace

  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The AU business not warranted and neither is EF as I pointed out earlier. The tell-tale points of brow, beard, mustache, etc. show clear wear not allowing as per earlier, regardless of the slab grade.

    Love that Milled British (1830-1960)
    Well, just Love coins, period.
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