GRADE AND PROVENANCE POSTED - GTG from terrible photos of an 1885-S half-eagle?
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Am I allowed to do two grade guesses?
If so, MS62 or AU58,
if not, then I'll stick with MS62
Very beautiful half Eagle!
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Ill go ms 63 (I'm lousy grading gold to)
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MS62
Too much chatter for higher ,imho.
Technical grading: MS-62.
Because of the luster it may have squeaked by as a 63.
Providence: Rhode Island.
Provenance: how could we possibly know?
63, Fairmont providence
Mr_Spud
Terrible photos? On what basis do you say that? MS63.
MS61.
MS62
I know the question about provenance was a little unfair for such a generic coin, but it was all in fun. Anyhow... behold, the full slab:
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MS-61.
An MS-62 is usually smoother with a little rub.
I can't see where the photos are bad. They look pretty good to me.
Average “guess” = 61.80
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Attractive color but in all fairness and solely based on the images, the coin is well short of 65.
Just a bit outside…
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Wow. I was at 62 myself
MS63
I am not particularly familiar with "D. L. Hansen". Could this be a mechanical error?
Before I saw the grade myself, I was thinking 62/3.
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From what little I know, he is one of the top collectors of today. Most of his sets are (or were) #1 on the PCGS set registry, although I've seen that some have been retired. After a quick Google search he seems to be the CEO of some real estate / management company, which explains why he has such a premium collection.
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This “Hansen Collection thing” has degenerated to a marketing strategy. If the “Hansen collection” is this good, he would have a better coin in this slot than an MS-65, even if this were an MS-65.
I’m sure that’s one of his rejects. DLRC ‘auctions’ them off again and again at higher than full retail until somebody bites. He has one dupe that I was hot to trot on but I simply couldn’t bring myself to pay double for it.
This 1886-S is graded MS-64, no CAC. Which one would you rather have?
This 1900 is graded MS-63. It looks better in person. It would be worth a crack-out if getting it graded MS-64 met anything, but it doesn't.