Better than Good or Very Good. Those grades would be 6 or 8, respectively, on the Sheldon Scale. I can concur with you at VF20, I reckon. Maybe even VF25. A Carson City piece! Nice. A $10 Liberty is nice enough, regardless, but a CC is doubly cool to have.
https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/10Lib/Grades You can scroll the slider to the left to see the lower grades there.
I messed up the terminology in my first post. LOL. I have one older brother surviving so he got the double eagle. But I got this eagle, a 1898-S $5 Liberty, and a 1879 Baden (German) 10 Mark gold. It was tough dividing things up and paying our two sisters while we were all together for a few days.
Love it. I am at VF25 or maybe a wee bit better. Edit…. since you are in the what’s it worth section, I looked up the Greysheet and they show it at $2750.00 and rising.
From a details point of view I would'nt disagree with VF20-25. The real details are in the condition of the surfaces. Maybe add a little more light to the coin so we can tell if the coin has any evidence of being harshly cleaned etc.
I'm torn between F-15 and VF-20; however, because of gradeflation, would probably get at least VF-20 from either PCGS or NGC.
White balance is a little off. but these show more of the surfaces. It looks like honest wear and circulation.
For future ref. There is a small amount of time to change the Title. Click on thread tools at the top of the page.
Either way, you have a coin that any of us would be more than proud to have in our collections. I been collecting gold coins since the 1990’s and don’t have a Carson City piece…. Or Charlotte….. Or Dalhonega……
I know what I have came out of my grandparents basement in South Dakota in the 1980s. My parents just stored everything in a safe in San Antonio. The grandparents were not wealthy. I don't know if they inherited or not.