Which 1915 S $5 Matches Which Slab?

Ok guys.

You may or may not know that 1915 S $5 Indians get VERY expensive in mint state.

The difference in price between MS62 and MS63 is around $14,000...

One of these coins is in the PCGS MS62 CAC holder and one of these coins is in a PCGS MS63 CAC holder...

Care to guess? One of these is a $6,000 coin and one of these is a $20,000 coin.

For full disclosure, I bought them raw, certified them, submitted them to CAC.

COIN 1


COIN 2



Holders

 

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Coin 1 MS 63

 

I'm no grader, but I say No. 2 is the 63.

 

i'd say coin 1 is 63

 

Coin 1 seems to have more dings and chatter in the field...especially under the TY in "Liberty" I see a pretty good hit. So, I'm going to say:

Coin 1: MS62
Coin 2: MS63

 

Agreed

 

I can't tell if coin 2 is softer strike or more wear...

Coin 1: MS63

 

Coin no 2 the 63 cleaner fields and less baggy tough coins to grade tho

 

I'm not even going to guess. I could never grade these Indian Half (or Quarter) Eagles.

 

What he said, question I have is the toning on the reverse of coin 2, did that affect the grade and maybe knock it down? I still agree with CamaroDMD though.

 

Maybe...but normally toning doesn't do that unless it's really unattractive and I would say the toning is subtle here anyway. But, another thing I didn't mention in my post is the reverse of coin 1...there's a pretty good ding right above the eagle's head.

 

Saw that big whack and a few fairly signifaca nt finds around the perimiter of the bust on the qobverse why Isayed coin 2

 

And I guess my spellcheck quit working on that post sorry I can't type

 

I agree but not sure how the TPG treats gold toning even if attractive in my opinion.

 

If it was wear it wouldn't be MS (Mint State) now would it?

Coin 1 Ms63
Coin 2 Ms62

 

I go with coin one as the 63 .

 

Unless I'm about to have an epiphany, the difference between an MS66 and an MS61 isn't only strike/luster but also wear...

 

Epiphany you are going to have.

 

First Coin= MS62
Second Coin= MS63

 

Coin 2 is the 63