EACers: How you grade?
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is not consistent with the grade, so, net Fair-2.
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"America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
PCGS Price Guide for G-8 is $9000. No buyback risk for the TPG here and no rip for the buyer, even with the plastic cover.
You know old copper doesn't like plastic coffins.
Enjoy the tough date, the R-4(I would think it R-5), and the small crowd that can share this pleasure.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>Well, with Pistareen's help I bought it and it now is a PCGS G-6. It looks nicer in person than the photograph. These Liberty caps are getting more difficult to find. >>
By common TPG standards, yes, I can easily see this going as G-4 if not G-6.
Of course, the thread was originally asking for opinions of EACers, which means subtracting 20 from the "market grade" or dividing the market grade by 2 if the market grade is below 30.
<< <i>I guess this could be a strong case for market grading. There are VERY FEW coins that you could send to PCGS with that severe damage and not get BBed. I guess this one is just rare enough to qualify. >>
What it really means is "market acceptable." There is so little original, problem-free 17xx stuff out there that the "line" between slabbing and bodybagging moves a bit. Those serious digs and rim dings on the reverse would certainly condemn this coin if it were an 1853 or even an 1823 large cent instead of an 1793.
Just the same, I think that huge rim problem at 3:00 on the reverse should have bagged it:
Interesting they graded it 7. Can't remember the last time I've seen someone call a coin a VG07.
<< <i>Hammered for $12,000?
PCGS Price Guide for G-8 is $9000. No buyback risk for the TPG here and no rip for the buyer, even with the plastic cover.
You know old copper doesn't like plastic coffins.
Enjoy the tough date, the R-4(I would think it R-5), and the small crowd that can share this pleasure. >>
The PCGS price guide is inaccurate on this issue.
As an example, the last G6 to sell at public auction brought $13,226 and was later advertized on HLRC for $18,500. Harry has an AG3 for sale now for $11,500.
I agree with the AG3 Avg-
<< <i>PCGS Price Guide for G-8 is $9000 >>
The people who quote price guides for early copper should actually try to buy some at those levels.
My immediate reaction when I saw the image you posted was, "wow, that's a very nice Liberty Cap". Congrats on your acquistion.