I fell in love with a problem coin...
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Picked up the piece below from Teletrade last weekend. It's in an NCS holder, "Fine Details - Corrosion". I love this coin for several reasons:
1. These are the nicest corroded surfaces I've ever seen. In fact, I've seen far worse in no-problem PCGS and NGC holders. I'd bet a lot of dealers would crack this and sell it as a no-problem piece.
2. I think the "Fine Details" grade is quite conservative... it must be an F19. Maybe there isn't quite enough hair detail to give it a VF?
3. Check out the complete rims on both sides. Those usually only show up in VF or better examples (based on the PCGS and NGC examples I've seen).
4. Lovely deep dark color with some blue overtones.
The line running from the head to the T in LIBERTY appears to be a die crack of some sort, but I cannot find it in Breen.
For a bit over VG Greysheet, I'm thrilled with the piece.
1. These are the nicest corroded surfaces I've ever seen. In fact, I've seen far worse in no-problem PCGS and NGC holders. I'd bet a lot of dealers would crack this and sell it as a no-problem piece.
2. I think the "Fine Details" grade is quite conservative... it must be an F19. Maybe there isn't quite enough hair detail to give it a VF?
3. Check out the complete rims on both sides. Those usually only show up in VF or better examples (based on the PCGS and NGC examples I've seen).
4. Lovely deep dark color with some blue overtones.
The line running from the head to the T in LIBERTY appears to be a die crack of some sort, but I cannot find it in Breen.
For a bit over VG Greysheet, I'm thrilled with the piece.
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<< <i>Picked up the piece below from Teletrade last weekend. It's in an NCS holder, "Fine Details - Corrosion". I love this coin for several reasons:
1. These are the nicest corroded surfaces I've ever seen. In fact, I've seen far worse in no-problem PCGS and NGC holders. I'd bet a lot of dealers would crack this and sell it as a no-problem piece.
2. I think the "Fine Details" grade is quite conservative... it must be an F19. Maybe there isn't quite enough hair detail to give it a VF?
3. Check out the complete rims on both sides. Those usually only show up in VF or better examples (based on the PCGS and NGC examples I've seen).
4. Lovely deep dark color with some blue overtones.
The line running from the head to the T in LIBERTY appears to be a die crack of some sort, but I cannot find it in Breen.
For a bit over VG Greysheet, I'm thrilled with the piece. >>
Another thing you might notice, she has "depth." A corroded surface will tend to do that, retain the depth. It seems to freeze it in time, almost. I have some corroded IHCs like this that I really like for much the same reasons. Another way to put it, the lettering and devices don't seem to "blend into" the fields as much as one might otherwise expect on these, but rather tend to "stand out" more. Anyway, nice-looking old girl.
EDIT: It looks like that crack is an interior crack (it doesn't look like it comes off the rim).
<< <i>Another thing you might notice, she has "depth." A corroded surface will tend to do that, retain the depth. It seems to freeze it in time, almost. I have some corroded IHCs like this that I really like for much the same reasons. Another way to put it, the lettering and devices don't seem to "blend into" the fields as much as one might otherwise expect on these, but rather tend to "stand out" more. >>
Yup. Also, the coin has a "glossy" appearance to it that I actually like aesthetically.
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Not that anything is wrong with that.
<< <i>Does being in an NCS holder imply that it has already been "worked on"?
Not that anything is wrong with that. >>
Do you mean conserved by NCS? Not all coins submitted to NCS are conserved. I'm aware of 3 ways a coin can holder at NCS:
1. Coin is submitted to NCS for conservation.
2. Coin is submitted directly to NCS for holdering without conservation, the submittor knowing full well the coin won't holder at NGC.
3. Coin is sent from NGC to NCS for holding when a problem is discovered in grading (depending on what option the submittor has chosen for no-grade coins).
Since NCS holders (as well as ANACS) allow for the designation of multiple problems, if there were more than just the corrosion, e.g., cleaning, tooling, etc., it presumably would have also been indicated on the holder. Only PCGS limits the designated problem(s) to one.
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