1918 d Buffalo graded by PCGS... Guess the GradeGrade Revealed

MrD · September 19, 2006 7:45AM

Its hard to grade from a picture but give it a shot

JJM · September 19, 2006 7:47AM

66

SilverEagles92 · September 19, 2006 7:47AM

MS63?

tradedollarnut · September 19, 2006 7:47AM

63

Petescorner · September 19, 2006 7:48AM

65. Beautiful coin!

coinguy1 · September 19, 2006 7:48AM

64

RichieURich · September 19, 2006 7:50AM

I'll guess MS-64.

DeanH · September 19, 2006 7:52AM

64.

-Dean

123cents · September 19, 2006 7:53AM

MS-65.

Shamika · September 19, 2006 7:53AM

Easily 65 with a fantastic strike.

cheezhed · September 19, 2006 7:54AM

64

DMWJR · September 19, 2006 8:01AM

64 - that "scratch" across the hair/forehead and under Liberty would probably prevent the 65, IMO, but the picture may exagerate what it looks like in hand.

ziggy29 · September 19, 2006 8:02AM

I'll go with 64.

Shamika · September 19, 2006 8:23AM

Man, you guys guessing 64 and 63 are on crack.

tjkillian · September 19, 2006 8:25AM

MS-65

Tom

originalisbest · September 19, 2006 8:31AM

I'd say 65, though to be honest I initially thought "64+?" - but I'll go 65. WTF.

cape · September 19, 2006 8:41AM

that scratch isnt a scratch , its a very cool die crack along with a neat die crack on the y in liberty. this coin for the date is absolutely hammered and if it were missing the small carbon spots id guess a possible 67

gyocomgd · September 19, 2006 8:43AM

That looks heaps better than my 18-D in MS64. It has to be MS65 at least, and probably MS66. That is one stunning piece of work.

quattrocoins · September 19, 2006 8:43AM

MS65, only because of the minor scratches on the obverse.

Nice color, and awesome reverse!

DMWJR · September 19, 2006 8:46AM

<< <i>that scratch isnt a scratch , its a very cool die crack along with a neat die crack on the y in liberty. this coin for the date is absolutely hammered and if it were missing the small carbon spots id guess a possible 67

>>

Ah, I can tell now. It looked like a fairly deep scratch at first. Sometimes my eyes play tricks on me.

richardshipp · September 19, 2006 9:42AM

65 - the Y almost looks like fancy lettering

Leiana · September 19, 2006 9:53AM

MS 63. The lustre is nice, with some minor spotting on the reverse. The strike is okay, you can see some areas where it is not full up. There are a couple heavy marks on the reverse.

Nice coin!

-Amanda

EDIT-After looking at the other guesses, it would seem I am being terribly conservative.

caitlin · September 19, 2006 9:58AM

66

MFH · September 19, 2006 10:13AM

64

PonyExpress8 · September 19, 2006 10:19AM

A bit too many marks for 65 so 64 in my view.

NumisOxide · September 19, 2006 10:29AM

MS64

majorbigtime · September 19, 2006 10:33AM

65

grayroads · September 19, 2006 10:40AM

I'd say 64.

originalisbest · September 19, 2006 11:00AM

Technically I think the crevice on his chin is a minor lamination, versus a die crack. The reverse quality is what led me to veer towards 65, anyway. That's a very nice branch mint Buff.

cape · September 19, 2006 11:05AM

originalbest, the crevice on his chin is not a lamination ,it is just very well struck showing that detail.

JoesMaName · September 19, 2006 11:06AM

64 Great coin - fantastic picture

originalisbest · September 19, 2006 11:08AM

Fair enough ed, I think you're quite right (with my excuse that the light from the angle of the pic temporarily blinded me.

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originalisbest · September 19, 2006 11:09AM

Did I mention the reverse is awesome? Rilly nice.

GoldenEyeNumismatics · September 19, 2006 11:30AM

65

DRUNNER · September 19, 2006 11:35AM

65. Strike is there . . originality is there.

Drunner

Numismanic · September 19, 2006 11:37AM

65

gyocomgd · September 19, 2006 12:02PM

As the answer to that grade may still be a ways in our future, here's my MS64 to compare it with.

SamByrd · September 19, 2006 12:23PM

imo its a super nice ms63, I think it is in a MS64 PCGS slab though.

Shamika · September 19, 2006 1:10PM

66 is certainly appropriate for this issue. If anyone were to review auction archives, they'd see that this date often looks like crud even in 64.

Leiana · September 19, 2006 1:15PM

I failed miserably.

-Amanda

yellowjacket · September 19, 2006 1:21PM

Shamika,

As ususal, you are right on target. You don't see this strong a strike and deep luster on an 18-D. I feel the light carbon flecks add that original touch for an early 20th century coin.

I was thinking a 65, but a 66 is one powerful grade for this date/MM.

Good call. You are the voice of reason when it comes to Buffalos.

yellowjacket · September 19, 2006 1:23PM

Amanda,

Don't beat yourself up too much. You are one of the most studious/knowledgeable YNs on these boards. Keep at it.

BTW I love that sig line pic you have.

Leiana · September 19, 2006 1:28PM

<< <i>Amanda,

Don't beat yourself up too much. You are one of the most studious/knowledgeable YNs on these boards. Keep at it.

BTW I love that sig line pic you have. >>

Thanks! This was a really difficult coin.

Thanks about the picture also, that was my first buffalo!

-Amanda

Shamika · September 20, 2006 12:43AM

<< <i>I feel the light carbon flecks add that original touch for an early 20th century coin. >>

Yellowjacket - I agree 100%. A coin with a few small well hidden carbon flecks is the ideal coin in my book.

DMWJR · September 20, 2006 3:24AM

Awesome!

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