What say ye grade wise? Brit crown. No, not Churchill.

ajaan · June 19, 2009 9:26PM

Yes, currently in PCGS plastic.

wybrit · June 19, 2009 9:41PM

OK, I'll bite. MS64 due to a few small ticks on the cheek and in the field to the left of the portrait. Hard to tell though since it looks like a scan, which will hide ever so many problems so well.

canadacolornut · June 19, 2009 10:40PM

Hard to tell but I think I'm noting some slight flattening/wear/rub on the high points; AU 58 if that's right.

Otherwise I wouldn't be surprised at MS 64 or MS 65...

7Jaguars · June 19, 2009 11:16PM

I had the exact year of this crown with a bit more pinkish toning and got a 62. Yours looks a bit better so will go with 63 although quite the devil to grade without having it in hand.

coinkat · June 19, 2009 11:32PM

MS62 and I think that is about as good as it gets. The 1821 and 22 come nice and I believe the 22 is alittle more difficult but we need the edge date to be certain.

I think it is a decent coin and will likely fetch $2200-2400

ajaan · June 19, 2009 11:52PM

Let me state that the coin is not mine. I wish it was, but it isn't. Will wait a bit longer to see if anyone else wants to guess the grade.

ormandh · June 20, 2009 12:00AM

I will go out on a limb and give it a ms65, but it purely a guess because I do not know the series whatsoever.

7Jaguars · June 20, 2009 1:04AM

Ouch, ormandh, can can you grade my coins please! I have a 63-, that is on the low side. Two points higher, gad, please grade my pennies...

ormandh · June 20, 2009 2:45AM

Did I mention that I have a third party overgrading co.

Feel free to submit your coins for no fee whatsoever, for my subjective eye is just an opinion. Please pay attention to the fine print.

JCMhouston · June 20, 2009 2:47AM

Barring any wear I can't see in the scans I'd go with 64, shot at 65. It looks like a bit of chatter in the lower obverse field than might keep it to 64. None the less a very attractive coin.

ormandh · June 20, 2009 2:53AM

Is this an impaired proof by any chance?

ajaan · June 20, 2009 2:56AM

PCGS graded this MS60. I bet if it was a Seated Liberty Dollar it would have gotten MS63 at least.

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7Jaguars · June 20, 2009 4:54AM

That looks to be low, but perhaps as we have said a bit different in hand? What kills me with both PCGS and even more NGC is grading on matte Brits. These coins come nice, and even proof-appearance when preserved but I think grading is a bit off with them at the TPGs many times.

Doogy · June 20, 2009 4:56AM

I think it has been net graded for an old cleaning; the combination of the scanner images and medium toning is probably hiding the hairlines. PCGS and NGC tends to net grade a ton of coins from this era, the most blatant coming to mind would be the US Bust half dollars, many of which are hairlined-a-palooza.

coinkat · June 20, 2009 5:39AM

I suspect that there are issues with the fields for a 60 grade. My estimate now is 1400-1600 tops

What say ye grade wise? Brit crown. No, not Churchill.

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