Holy cow!!

Looks very nice and are you going to send it in for grading?

 

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Hi all,

Just as an update; it's been sent to Robec and here are the pictures he took of the coin:

 

WOW. Robec can really catch the color. Great images.

 

Gorgeous!

 

Truly lovely indeed....

 

My opinion has not changed. The coin is very pretty but the toning is questionable and not market acceptable.

 

In the past year I have sent in 4 Kennedy halves of which 2 came out of mint sets and 2 were raw, picked up on the bay. All had great toning and I feared the worst, all came back graded (NGC) so I would send it in, beautiful coin pickup.

 

this coins toning pattern looks very similar to the PCGs photograde ms68 example. Furthermore, I've never had a problem getting a toner graded that had the same scratchy toning pattern that I see around "states". I think it has a very good chance of grading.

 

Yeah... this is a toughie, but if I did have to pick one I would say NT...moreso because of the pattern than the colors (they are wild but not so wild that they are out of the question). I honestly think it has a better than 50/50 chance to grade cleanly. I wish I had taken the chance...thats for sure!

 

I'm going to comment once more. Upon the new photos. The toning looks very NT to me. Splotches of color, elevation differences in color, and especially the mottling in D STATES OF really gets to show NT as it is really hard to mimic that. But It looks... How do I say it... Super NT to the point of it looking exaggerated. I am on the fence on a clean grade or not, but the OP didn't say anything about grading (I think) So I hope he enjoys it as is. It is truly beautiful.

 

I ended up submitting the coin to PCGS via robec...it took a couple tries, but it finally graded! Anyone care to guess the grade?

 

MS65, possible 66.

 

MS64

 

I'm going with 65

 

The coin was deemed MS62! Presumably for the slight rub and lack of booming luster on the obverse.

 

Toning doesn't "flake off". It appears that the fingerprint was there, first, and it toned over it.

Chris

 

Shocked it's only a 62! The obverse luster must be very dull.

 

I think they graded it MS62 as a silent net grade due to the questionable nature of the toning.

 

One thing that I've noticed with AT is that it covers an entire obverse or reverse when present and the colors are even more fluorescent. The break in the toning pattern on the reverse was the give away for me that it was natural.