Guess the Grade, new Bust half

Just picked this up today. Not quite sure on the attribution but I am leaning strongly towards O-116. However, this is my first bust half that has come to me in TPG plastic. It is NGC, but I'll leave it to you to give me the grade they assigned to it.

 

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AU53!?!

Nice Coin bqcoins, don't see a whole-whole lot of your purchases.

 

Au-55

 

What can I say, I love to share my finds and buys. Plus the wife'll look, but won't really understand, or go ooooh and aaaah.

 

AU58 all day long. Nice coin

 

I see a good amount of luster there.NGC MS60

 

I see some luster but the wear on the eagles head, the scratch thru the shield and the hit on the neck bring me back to my fiftyfive...but time will tell.

 

my initial thought 55 pushing 58,then i remembered NGC,so I bumped it a little.but its prob 58

 

lol who knows you might be right!!

 

Looks like an older holder though.so your prob right.:high5:

 

need pictures of of the edge

Can you post pictures of the edge lettering/motto before we guess the overall grade ?

Thanks

 

Put me down for AU-58 and I bet in looks better in hand than in the photos.

 

I'm at 50 or 55. Nice coin.

 

I'm guessing AU53-55; would love to see it up close; nice coin!

 

Nice coin, I have two "slabbed" Busties, but they are Ungraded in capitol holders, Looking at the coin, it appears to me that the scratches I am seeing are on the holder, there might be an old cleaning/dipping there that seems to be retoning pretty well. I have a difficult time telling luster from photos, so the grade could be better if the detail issues are strike or wear, I would say it was at least a 45 and possibly a 55

 

BQ
First of all, I like bust halves and think this one looks very nice. I don't collect them (I have a few raw) in part because I have not been able to figure out how to grade them.

A lot of bust coins that look like they have rub to me are graded as MS by the TPGs. Having said all that, I will join the crowd at AU58. Enjoy it!
Worth two hammers on the Breakdown grading scale.:hammer::hammer:

 

Au-58 - very nice coin.

 

I'm going to guess 53. The coin has enough wear that it won't (shouldn't) ever make it into an MS slab - look at her cheek, hair, eagle's feathers (especially the protected ones towards the center). Oridinarily, I probably would have guessed 55, but NGC has been very tough on early US stuff - hence my guess of 53.

 

I'll try 53

 

I'd be in the AU53-55 crowd the the designation of O.116 looks good to me, too.