Three Cent: Your Opinions

I took my son to the local coin shop so he could buy some 90% today not expecting to find anything really, wasn't even expecting to look, but then again who was I kidding of course I am going to look. I don't normally collect three cent pieces, I have one in my 7070 but I saw this one, and my dealer told me it had only walked in the other day, we haggled and settled fairly low, IMO. But I'd like to get your feelings on grade if you wouldn't mind.

 

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AU 53/55? Nice coin.

 

I'd say AU55, very beautiful coin!

 

Typical soft strike.
Weak/missing ribs on the first "I" of the "III".
I would suggest not buying any unless the ribs are all there.

 

I'm in the AU-55 camp as well.

 

On a good day it might go '63. Forget the good days.....no don't.......you and your son just had one.

 

Looks like an AU-55.

 

Maybe it is your pictures, but I don't see the wear. All I can find is a weak strike. I suggest 62.

 

I'll guess 62 or 63.

 

Nice find,AU55...

 

I would say MS61 or 62. I see many coins in this grade with a weak, or slightly incomplete center, first column on the reverse. It could go up even to a MS63 as green18 and Idhair suggested. It's a very clean coin overall.

 

What about that ding on the first I, you don't consider that wear? That's why I put AU55 instead of higher.

 

I don't think it distracts enough, and being on the reverse, it wouldn't lower the grade. The obverse will carry the coin into an MS grade. Just exactly where, I'm not sure.

 

Dings are not wear. And to put some perspective on that ding, that coin is significantly smaller than a cent. That ding is hard to see on that picture which is about a 20x blow up of the coin. Graders grade with the naked eye or at most a 5x loupe. I really doubt they could even see that ding.

 

Good point, I hadn't considered its size and how small that ding would actually be.

 

I'm in the 55-58 camp too nice slider but I see a bit of rub

 

I would be in the Low End MS grades as well with it.. 61-63. Hard to define luster on the pic. Strange part of this coin is there is no Clash on the reverse! I see so many that have that special clashed reverse. I like them buy alot of people stay clear of them. Nice pickup.

 

I think low MS as well 62-63, I am seeing a soft strike on the obverse and a decent struck reverse. I also noticed that there didnt seem to be the typical clash either, which is a plus if you are looking for clean fields.

 

I was thinking AU myself but then I got home and saw just how many graded specimens in the low MS range have exceptionally weak strikes, especially in the hair, so I wasn't sure. I still am not sure, I guess I could always get a TPG's opinion and "finalize" a grade.

 

A lot of the high points on the obverse look flat in a way that screams "significant wear" to me. But from this single obverse shot, I can't tell how those flat areas behave in shifting light, so I can't tell whether they're a mark of wear or poor strike.