1832 Capped Bust Half, You vs PCGS

Yeah, Bust Halves are fun. Sometimes all you get to have is an educated guess.

 

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I,m in for AU.

 

AU, probably higher than 50.

 

I'm with the 55 people.

 

I'll go with AU55 with an old cleaning and retoned. I dont see much wear.

 

I see 53 wear, but 55 luster. It's a doozy, but I'm going to have to say they gave a bump for luster and color despite the wear. AU55.

 

The grade hasn't changed since last time. I was just trying to see if there was a different consensus with different pictures, which there was.

This coin was an interesting purchase and is a textbook example of buying the coin and not the slab. The seller, Rich Uhrich sold me the slab not the coin, giving me a price of $245 shipped. I was surprised that he did not try to resubmit.

I saw it for sale, and then I showed pictures to Bill Fivaz at my coin club for his opinion on the toning. When he gave me the thimbs up, I snappd it up as quickly as I could.

 

Crack it out and send it to NGC. I don't know what PCGS is thinking when it comes to bust coinage in general.

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@TypeCoin971793 , are you going to do another guess the grade of this coin in 2 weeks? Come on man, resubmit that dude already! I have an order going out in a week, if you want me to include it.

 

NGC or PCGS?

 

PCGS

 

I'm going to wait to submit to NGC. If they think the toning is market acceptable, then they grade it. If not, then it gets AT'ed. No middle ground. PCGS often does not like to make that distiction, so sending to them is a waste of money.

 

Interestingly, NGC seems to AT a lot more than PCGS these days. They won't slab a toned Silver Eagle and a lot of other pieces, like old PCI holder toning, that PCGS will.

 

CYA grade.

As a Bustie, meaning the buyer demographic tends to be educated on the type, I'd almost lean towards not risking the expense of a regrade in the current atmosphere of TPG pessimism regarding "NT." Assuming you plan to sell down the road, it's the kind of coin you'd want the buyer to see in-hand at a show or something.

 

Well it's a bust, so it doesn't even need to be slabbed to appeal to the kind of people who are interested in CBH.

 

That might just be with moderns and Morgans. I have seen several CBHs with obviously artificial, I mean, induced-with-natural-processes toning in problem-free NGC holders.