My first Trime...please provide grade opinions??? **Grade revealed**
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In all the years I have collected I have never owned a 3CS.....and when I got this in hand I was shocked at the size but the toning made my mouth water. So what do you grade it and what do you think about the coins overall appearance??? Not a great strike on this one but I know the strike strength can be all over the place with these little buggars..... 
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Garrow
The name is LEE!
<< <i>I sure DO like it! But have no idea what to grade it. Hardly any marks, so it could be 58 or 64!?! >>
I agree, and it is a very nice looking coin.
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
<< <i>.and when I got this in hand I was shocked at the size >>
I recall (and I may be wrong) a time when a board member got bad feedback because the buyer thought the trime was too small. If I recall, the buyer also got it for something like $5.
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<< <i>This coin is impossible to grade from those pics because you can't evaluate the luster. Based on the coin's detail, it's at least an AU and most likely MS. >>
I agree the luster really didn't come out in the picture like it does in hand...the color really pops of the surface......I will try to take some angled shots but it is pretty small so we shall see
Nice toning , recutting on "AMERICA" & possibly
the date, minimal marks.
R.I.P. Bear
It'll be an interesting reveal.
(I don't know them well enough to offer a guess.)
The contact marks in the opening of the C and the weak strick make me think MS-63.
On the right day, you might get an MS-64 because the marks are on the reverse and the strike is nominally weak on the series.
At first, the toning on the F made me blanch, but after looking at the coin in total, I bet this is a really eye popper of a coin. Nice pickup!
So in honor of our usual coin mantra "Buy the coin and not the plastic" I present to you the GRADE:
Thanks a bunch for playing a long and I appreciate the lack of VG8 type grades that usually accompany any of these guess the grade type threads
<< <i>I think they actually have that one right. As they say about a broken clock......... >>
I couldn't agree more.....just making a point that ignoring all of these third world grading company slabs means one might overlook a diamond in the rough. I know the downside of purchasing these slabs outweighs the upside by a wide margain but if you know what to look for.....sometimes you can increase your odds exponentially in your favor. I was the only bidder on this coin.....
Leo
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I'd not want to sell the coin in this holder, but given how brutal the mainline TPGs are on color now, I don't know...
<< <i>If I were to submit to PCGS......would you think me mad if I submitted in the current holder for crossover or do you think I should crack and submit so the coin get's a fair shake? >>
Leave it in the holder. If it were NGC I might suggest otherwise. PCGS is pretty decent about nice coins in third world slabs. I don't think they feel threatened by NTC.
Lance.
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<< <i>If I were to submit to PCGS......would you think me mad if I submitted in the current holder for crossover or do you think I should crack and submit so the coin get's a fair shake? >>
Leave it in the holder. If it were NGC I might suggest otherwise. PCGS is pretty decent about nice coins in third world slabs. I don't think they feel threatened by NTC.
Lance. >>
NTC equals....New To Coins????
They are quaking in their boots......just wish I could get CAC to sticker the coin.....now that would be hilarious
PS it is very nice!!!
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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the simple fact that it was in a ntc slab usually means that it was played with and wouldnt slab.
though to me, this coin looks NT all day (just my opinion)