Care to pit yourself agains some TPGs 2 Cents

As it looks as if I will not be in town for the big Houston Coin show next week I went to the Pasadena coin show SW Houston today.
It was a fair sized show with 50 tables and about 30 dealers.

Pickings were slim for my favorite coins but I did manage to pick up a few.

Anyway here are my four purchases.
Feel free to grade and price away.

Coin 1 PCGS rattler holder




Coin 2 NGC older holder




Coin 3 NGC newer holder




Coin 4 Raw

 

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I've not studied these type of coins much so it's basically a blind attempt for me, hope I don't offend with these guesses:

Coin 1 PCGS rattler holder: EF in the old holder. (If put in a new holder, then Genuine - damaged *Verdi Gris*)
Coin 2 NGC older holder: MS-60 with big die-crack on reverse at 7 o'clock position. Not sure of the color designation.
Coin 3 NGC newer holder: MS-63
Coin 4 Raw: F/EF borderline – needs conservation and could grade better if eye appeal is improved from removal of verdi gris.

 

No offense taken you came close on 1 coin to the numbers on the holders I need to improve my photo skills me thinks..

 

I am guessing as much to learn from others providing their grades for your coins. I think your photos are fine, but if there is a lot of dust on the slabs I would try to blow that off with some canned air or wipe the slabs with a dry lens cleaning cloth (used for camera lenses) prior to taking photos.

 

I will take stab at the grades and hopfully I will not offend also.
Coin 1 VF30
Coin 2 AU 50
Coin 3 EF 40
Coin 4 EF 40 Detail grade

 

I wish the obverse of the 1871 were a little cleaner, has charactoristics of a KF-2-TDO, but not sure...

 

1) Damaged
2) AU58
3) AU53
4) F

 

First AU55 or Details for Green
Second MS62
Third MS63
Fourth XF40 or Details for Green

 

#1 MS62
#2 MS63 RB
#3 MS63 BR
#4 UNC Details Corrosion

I dunno ,I like them though

 

I'm impressed... Its a KF-4-TDO Struck with the 69 obv hub then the 70 obv hub note the lack of the 5th leaf which if had been present would have made it a KF-2-TDO. I have plenty of KF-2's but this is the first decent KF-4 I have seen

 

OK, wasn't sure if what I saw was a leaf or a little gunk. They are some beauties...

 

1. MS 60
2. MS 63
3. MS 63
4. XF 40

Great coins

 

I re-shot coins 1 and 2 I was not happy with the first attempt. Coin 1 now shows the diagnostics for KF-4-TDO much better
and the colour on coin 2 is much closer to the actual coin

 

#2 = yum