guess the grade (flying eagle)

It is extraordinary in how weak that strike is.

 

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This series, with its wildly varied strikes, seems to get many coins graded downward for a weak strike. I suspect this coin is a higher grade, technically, then was netted down for the weak strike.

Tangentally, this is also a good example to contrast to the Washington Quarter posted in another thread -- where rarely do you see net grades down for strike.

All IMO...Mike

 

p.s. this kind of strike is not at all uncommon for the series. you may know that the design was changed to the IHC in part because of the difficulty in striking these coins fully.

 

p.p.s. if ever there was a series that calls out for a "fully struck" designation, this one is it. Finding a fully struck example is a real challenge. Look around and tell me how many you can see that are completely struck up. A fully struck gem mint state FEC is a rare coin indeed.

 

Well, I did...

...but for some reason, they were wildly popular ! I'm sold out !

 

They're expensive.

 

take a look at the plants on the reverse. Those are weak even for this series.

 

Yep. Very, very weak. I attributed it at least partly to wear.

 

MS-62 I am just guessing but the obv is strong but can tell on rev slab scratched

 

The luster is unbroken there, that is why I posted this coin as a "guess the grade", it is a tricky coin.

 

I agree, this is a particularly bad strike even for a series that suffers from them.

 

But you can see luster on them as flat as they are. This is the difference between weakly struck and wear. Beginners should pay attention to what is said in this thread, it's very valuable.

 

Thanks, I'm glad it was instructive.

 

AU53 my guess too.

 

There's lite wear on the eagles upper feathers i don't think it's a weak strike that's the high points of the coin were it wears first like i said an AU58 is still my guess.The coin still has most of it's luster to it but to me it does't look like an MS grade at all
JC

 

the good folks at pcgs say 61