Guess the grade of this no motto half eagle. (grade revealed)
oldcameoproofsguy
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Graded by NGC au58
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i would like to see more luster for the 58 grade but i know
this is how ngc hands them out.
my personal grade would be 53-55 based on what i can see from
the pics.
(pics can easily hide luster very visible once in hand unless the
person taking the pics concentrates on it).
here is my pcgs au50
its a 58
PCGS AU55.
Here is an example of a coin that was an NGC AU58 and now resides in a PCGS AU50 holder.
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I like it. It has a nice crust to it and has minimal contact marks. The coin looks like it hasn't ever seen a harsh wipe.
I'll keep it.
Becoka... I think 50 is alittle harsh of a grade for your 1834. I like that one and I would be with the 55 crowd on that
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<< <i>NGC 58
PCGS AU55.
Here is an example of a coin that was an NGC AU58 and now resides in a PCGS AU50 holder.
Wow, that must be the prettiest "AU50" Classic Head I've ever seen!!
I must confess to being curious about why you seem happy to keep paying to cross over coins to PCGS, knowing in advance that they will almost inevitably be downgraded - as this example isn't the first one I've seen you post. While what I presume to be a desire to have all the coins in your collection in correctly/conservatively graded slabs is admirable, I'm not sure I could accept the financial cost (between grading costs & loss of resale value - some of the time, at least). After all, the coins themselves don't change during this process, right? To stick with the beautiful coin in the photo, I just took a glance at the Heritage archives & a typical NGC 58 goes for approx $2300, while the PCGS 50's seem to have a ceiling around $1500. So, $50 for crossover & up to $800 in lost resale value, makes that a very expensive replacement piece of plastic the coin is in. Please don't take this as some kind of attack, or criticism; I am genuinely interested in why you choose to do this (partly because I have seen you post many nice coins (& great photos too) &, clearly, you are far from a novice).