Grade This Clad

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by CamaroDMD, Jul 10, 2012.

  1. Cazkaboom

    Cazkaboom One for all, all for me.

    Doug might smile today!
     
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  3. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    That's just it though. The chatter seen in the auction photos aren't there except for a couple spots. The photos I took show what coin's appearance much more accurately...that's why I used them. That is why I was so surprised when I got the coin in hand...because it was so much better than I expected.
     
  4. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Doug always smiles....but sometimes it might be a smile you don't want to see!
     
  5. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    I can fix that!!! :D
     
  6. tmoneyeagles

    tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer

    Slab scuff? Overexposed lighting maybe?
     
  7. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    I think it's lighting. I think they were really trying to emphasize the proofy look of the coin...which they did successfully. But, in the process made the coin look much more marked up.
     
  8. bahabully

    bahabully Junior Member

    Yeah.. this pics didn't do a good job showing the noise or magnitude of them.. agree with 64 based on those latest pics.
     
  9. d.t.menace

    d.t.menace Member

    But then why did most give it 66's and 67's? Heck if Doug overgrades a coin sumpins wrong.
     
  10. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Pictures can hide things on a coin due to lighting or angle, but they cannot put things there that are not there. Had I seen the auction pics, I would have said 63 all day long.

    Are you sure you got the coin that was in that was in the auction pics ? Did they show a pic of the whole slab so you can check the serial numbers ?
     
  11. They do not look like the same coin to me. There seems to be spots in the first pic that are not in the second pic. TC
     
  12. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    Yes, the slab numbers match up...they are the same coin. I have tried to replicate their photo and I can't seem to do it. Whatever they did made the coin look horrible. Honestly, the only scuffs on the coin that are affecting eye appeal are those 3 vertical marks on Washington's neck. There are a couple little dings near the pony tail too...but other than that the coin is mark free. I was honestly shocked when it arrived so I double checked the serial numbers and they are the same.
     
  13. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    Here are my photos and their photos so they can easily be compared:

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  14. BadThad

    BadThad Calibrated for Lincolns

    Nice job on the pics, the seller pics were horrible!
     
  15. Cazkaboom

    Cazkaboom One for all, all for me.

    Can't miss the same wolverine claw marks on his neck. Definitely the same coin.
     
  16. Cazkaboom

    Cazkaboom One for all, all for me.

    Oh, and I did a bit of playing around to make the prongs white like they are and it made the whole coin look like this:
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    IMO it kinda makes the fields look a little more prooflike and the quarter a little better on color.
     
  17. Phil Ham

    Phil Ham Hamster

    Wow; nice coin; it does look proof like. I'm at an MS68. I can't understand the reason to downgrade it to anything less than an MS67. I almost want to say PF67 or PF68.
     
  18. BUncirculated

    BUncirculated Well-Known Member

    Grade revealed on page 3.

    MS64PL ;)
     
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