Gold - Grade Guess

I decided that since I've heard from many of you that gold is hard to grade, that I would post pictures of the latest addition to my collection. It is an 1896 Eagle graded by NGC. I am very proud of it and really like it a lot! Anybody care to venture a guess on the grade?

 

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MS63PQ....at first I thought the hair might have some wear but I think its the lighting in the photo...

Speedy

 

I am curious as to what others may grade this at.
My guess would be ms-61.
Its hard to tell without a close up pic.

CLAW

 

Dude, that's a beauty MS-63 or 64 easy.

Bone

 

Gold

I won't venture a guess, but I am curios of the grade to compare to my unslabbed gold to give me a better idea of my grades.

 

Oh, com'on viper...Give it your best shot! There's nothing like a little practice.

 

Gold grade

well.......assuming there is no wear I hope it goes 63 or 64. I would like to see a closer pic to see some strike details on the coronet and the hairlines. Very nice coin, I just love the look of the older gold coins....a definite keeper.:hail:

 

NGC probably graded it 63...Mike

 

Hi all! Thanks for taking time, looking at my coin and guessing on the grade. You all have made me quite happy! NGC graded this coin MS 61. I wanted to buy a $10 Liberty gold piece for a while for my Liberty denomination set. I was patient and tried to pick one that I thought was really nice for the grade. I think that the reason NGC graded it MS 61 is because of the abundance of hairlines and scuffs. The small hairlines and scuffs is the exact reason that I picked this coin. I wanted a coin that had no large detracting marks on it, but I was okay with having many smaller ones. This to me helps give the coin better eye appeal as there's not a "sore thumb" that sticks out on it. It also has great luster which may or may not be evident from the images. I think that NGC's MS 61 grade is okay, but I could have maybe gone MS 62 on it also (but then I wouldn't have gotten as good of a deal on it ). I can tell you that I've definitely seen coins that aren't this nice in 62 holders. Well thanks again for looking and I hope that this was fun for everybody to get a shot at grading gold. It's definitely a tough task and also one that I by no means am an expert at, but I'm getting a little better all the time.