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How often do you find MS 68, 69 and 70 coins that are ugly?

SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,989 ✭✭✭✭✭
We hear comments quite often about slabbed coins grading MS65, 66 and even 67 being described as ugly for various reasons [toning, lack of luster, weakly struck, etc.].

How about slabbed coins grading out at MS68, 69 and 70 [not including one that have turned ugly in the slab due to being doctored before slabbing]. Have you seen any such coin that you would consider ugly?

In answering the question, please exclude coins which are ugly due to a horrible design [like some of the state quarters, the flat relief stringy hair coins of today and some commemoratives].

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    RyGuyRyGuy Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭
    Any ASEs that develop milk spots.
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    dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭
    All the time...most modern commems are ugly as sin regardless of grade image
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    << <i>All the time...most modern commems are ugly as sin regardless of grade image >>



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    adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Gah.

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    Actually, I should get one of these and put fingerprints all over it.


    As far as your original question...coins that aren't by themselves ugly...but they seem to get hit with the ugly stick when slabbed...

    That would be the American Silver Eagle. No doubt about it.

    It's like a blank canvas for Ugly Paint.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just see ugly in the thread title.
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    BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    If you are talking regardless of design I don't like the surfaces on many modern MS coins compared to say a Lusterous or DPML MS68 Morgan or Walker.
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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,609 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are three MS68 trade dollars that have been graded by PCGS. Two of them I own [see below]. The third, just wasn't pretty at all. Ugly might be a bit far fetched, but it certainly is within the realm of descriptive words one might utter upon seeing the coin.

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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,238 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There are three MS68 trade dollars that have been graded by PCGS. Two of them I own [see below]. The third, just wasn't pretty at all. Ugly might be a bit far fetched, but it certainly is within the realm of descriptive words one might utter upon seeing the coin.

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    << <i>All the time...most modern commems are ugly as sin regardless of grade image >>




    I would say MOST of the time... considering 68 is a grade that can be found on coins such as the beauts that TDN posted...

    As for the 69 and 70 grade... they are almost completely reserved for Modern "crap"...

    I "strongly dislike" Modern "crap" (hate is such a strong and ugly word) imageimageimageimage
    Re: Slabbed coins - There are some coins that LIVE within clear plastic and wear their labels with pride... while there are others that HIDE behind scratched plastic and are simply dragged along by a label. Then there are those coins that simply hang out, naked and free image
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,613 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most turn ugly in my eyes once I see the price tag.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My dad once said; " Joe, there are only two girls worth marrying. They are the LEE sisters. Home & Ug ... niether of them can disappoint you much worse than they will at first sight, but you can rest assured, they'll always be who they are"





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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,613 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yer killin' me TwoSides...

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    IMHO-- some toned coins with"vomit tone" that get these grades make me scratch my head-- some toning is often just plain hideous..

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