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please guess the grade of my new common as dirt half eagle! added super lrg pics

fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
any and all guesses are welcome, thank you!
kind words and criticism is apprecaited.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,884 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think it is MS... TOUGH TO TELL FROM THE SCAN. Probably 61

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I assume the scratch on the back is on the plastic?, and the mintmark doesnt look right,...is that a smudge on the slab as well?

    62/63?
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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭

    The pictures are a bit dark and it's hard to tell if there is rub. If rub, than AU58. No rub, could be as high as 62.

  • ms60/61 I really like the look of that coin.
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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Curse the softness of gold. Ms-65
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    58

    There appears to be rub on the portrait and curl and luster breaks. A later date coronet $5 should not make MS under the circumstances. It is a nice coin.
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    I grade it approximately 61.4image
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,234 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • Au-58, I don't care about "gradeflation"-- A very pretty origional coin however!image
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    well i am quite happy by this feedback.

    we all can agree it is a very nice AU58, hands down.

    and that is exactly what i paid, $230. According to the PCGS price guide this is AU money.

    Now, the grade is PCGS MS61. So many of you nailed it. Heck coinkat
    nailed it with the small pics. Quite the eye he has.

    RYK,

    what I am trying to figure out is if the hair has rub, why is there so much luster left in that area? Maybe the strike is not so hot.. yet
    the luster is still there.

    I really like the fields on this coin. So clean. Lots of luster and the
    breaks in it are easy on the eye.

    So, I feel I got a good buy this time. MS61 in the PCGS price guide is a ridiculous 345 for a very common half eagle. I had to snipe this from 2 others that night on ebay, who must have also saw a deal with this coin. My max bid was 240.

    thank you everyone!
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    anyone else having trouble tonight bandwidth wise to the forum?

    i see double posts and i am getting a lot of lag.

    oh well. thanks again everyone
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Sure looks like an AU58 to me. But last time I said that it came back as a 62.
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    becoka,

    yea, i am beginning to feel the exact same way.

    it is AU58, old school grading that is. now days? MS61 due to
    the luster that has not been cleaned off by dipping/cleaning/etc..
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Did you buy this raw or slabbed? From the discussion I would guess raw but I have a hard time judging an e-bay photo to want to have to snipe a raw coin. I would snipe a slabbed coin anyday.
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    slabbed. i am not dumb enough to buy raw on ebay.

    s/dumb/smart/

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