Very nice. AU sharpness. Cleaned, retoning. Minor planchet imperfection in front of Libbie's nose. Small cut under eye. Nice, balanced strike. Fairly early die state. EAC 35. Newcomb # ? Dunno. No book handy.
Thank you guys, that is quite a spread of grades: VF35-AU58.... Those EAC grades sure are tough! I'll look up the N2 varity (thanks H.T). Hopefully it is a super rare R-5! Eduard
Niiiiiiiiiiice! I agree with the AU details. And I tend to agree with the "cleaned" part. You've got red showing through, but no hourglass reflectivity pattern.
TPG grade AU 58 or 55 (I think the TPGs would consider this coin market acceptable -- and I agree). EAC grade VF 35 or XF 40 (net)
I'd say 55 net 40. EAC grading is grading per the Early American Coppers society standards. There are no hard and fast rules, but you take the details grade and subtract based on any flaws. Coins that start at a higher details grade will get a bigger deduction for the same issues that a lower-grade piece would. The best thing is that it's totally subjective - I hate scratches, so I'll deduct more for those than other people might, and rim dings don't bother me a ton but for some people they're the worst thing possible, so I don't take off that much for them (especially if they're fairly small) while other people would mark a coin down heavily for having them. As a point of comparison, if you had a nice, clean-looking 8 coin with the same issues as this one it might only get net-graded to 6 or 7. This is because coppers, especially older ones, tend to come with a number of problems. Clean, problem-free early coppers are a rarity that can sell to a specialist with a healthy premium.
