GTG: 1918-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar

I cracked it and sent it to PCGS. I have it at AU58.

 

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I was about to guess AU55. But, wow!

 

I was at 62 when I opened the package and saw it in hand. The luster cartwheels evenly. But under my camera I think it's a 58.

 

Hey U 69

 

Just another illustration of why ANACS-slabbed coins trade at such a discount to PCGS.

 

In hand perhasp ,however I'm grading from an photo to my eye on that image sez 55, it well maybe be higher but I trust my eye as to what it see's now how it see's it is another question.In hand the luster might be unbelievable .

 

It’s clearly AU but muy claro. There are also a couple of hairlines on the obverse. Maybe AU50 was supposed to be a net grade...?

 

Those aren't cleaning hairlines. They're cabinet friction.

 

On the other hand, C-B-D buys an under-graded coin by a so called lower tier TPG, cracks it out, sends it to PCGS for (market value) grading and very possibly can double his money.

Taking a look at the lower tier TPG slabs can be a good thing!

 

Nope. Don’t confuse light wear and luster. I see light wear in the high spots, and an AU amount of luster.

 

AU-58 - Looks like wear to me
If submitted possible a details result as I am unsure about the scratches in front of the T and Y of liberty and whatever is going on through the suns rays.

 

AU - 50 ( $475 ) trace of wear on head and knee, little bit on wings, light luster. I would keep it !!!

 

The GTGs range is AU 53 to MS 64. The ANACS grade is AU 50...can’t wait to see the photo of the coin in the PCGS slab.

 

Unwrap the layers of sarcasm, and that was my actual point.

 

I'm sure you were just being facetious, but the hairlines came from circulation.

 

I may have misunderstood. In my world "hairlines" strictly means "a series of lines all going the same direction as a direct result of cleaning."

 

Hairlines simply means tiny scratches on the surface. They can come from many different sources (cleaning, circulation, other coins, cabinets, etc.)

 

It has been limited to cleaning in my experience.

Contact with other coins = bag marks.
Cleaning: hairlines.
Cabinets: cabinet friction.

 

Fingers are an abrasive that can cause hairlines. Look at any AU-58 coin.

What do you think happens when a coin’s reeding drags along the surface of another coin?

 

Fingers on an AU58 I always called: Rub.
When reeding drags across another coin I call it either: Bag mark or Scratched, depending on how deep and long it goes.