Hey everyone. Here is a $10 Gold that we saw at the World's Fair of Money both raw, and post grading by PCGS. Can you guess the grade on this beauty? Answer to follow on Saturday.
I don't know the series well enough to make an educated guess.... But now that I have cleaned all the slobber off my keyboard, I will make an uneducated guess at AU50.
It’s a little fuzzy in the flip but it doesn’t look to me as though it’s cleaned. First thought is AU55, somewhere in there in the middle. The glare may be obscuring or “smoothing out” the sharpness some. It could just as well be MS. Good looking coin, Mike.
Not my area of expertise at all, but I'll play and go for AU58 - it's a lovely coin! Wish I had had a chance to visit the Fair, hopefully next year.
AU55. Looks to be some wear in areas like around the eyes and lustre loss over much of the coin. There appears to be a scratch above 2nd cloud from the right on reverse toward rim.
53. Hard to grade from photos anyway and gold inside a flip is even harder. But I see wear (not just luster breaks) and not much luster left. Obverse rim dings from K9 to K12. Scratch/indent on reverse between S and O. My personal grade would be XF-45 but I think the TPG will go easy on this coin. Nice coin. I love this design and this example of it, just wish I could afford one.
I tend to agree with your diagnosis, although the obverse/reverse is not missing feathers it would. I would venture to give it an ms 61 on the high side, now hear me out its not flat worned although its high points are showing wear over all its features at consistent with an on a high point ms 60 -ms 61 low point xf 45
I am guessing 53. 50 obverse: The slight halos around the devices and light wear on the highpoints. Also, the curls at temple and cheek look a little flat. 55 on the reverse. Just slight high point wear. Pretty coin.
There isn't much luster coming from the images? Just wondering how we can help grade this album coin?
That is one beautiful Au nugget. I'm seeing XF45 to AU50. I'm going to commit to AU50. I believe this beauty gets a decent amount of wiggle room from the TPG. Gotta ask you @kaosleeroy108 are you a weatherman by profession? That's a whole lot of hedging your bet right there