GTG: 1946 Iowa Commemorative

I couldn't resist this one.

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I'm not good with these but ill say VF30 nice circulated coin.

 

Me either . I'll go VF35 . To be a little different .

 

25

 

VF 20....you threw as a curveball with a circulated Iowa!
I'm thinking the level of detail remaining is enough for VF but the wear does take it down to the lowest rung (hence 20).

 

Heh neat one -- I've never actually seen a circulated one of these! The reverse looks rather exceptional with the stormy colors; love it. Having never seen a circulated one, wild guess is VF35.

 

We don't often see well-circulated commems. Thanks for posting it. I'm going less than F-15 on this attractive coin. The rims are worn into the legends, there are no feathers left on that literally bald eagle, all the steps are gone except at the edges, the ribbon legends are almost all gone. But it has nice color! I'd say it is almost but not quite circ-cam.

 

I’m at a F-15. Just looks like too much wear to be higher. Sorry but commems are not my thing. Good choice though for a GTG.

 

Very cool...VF-30

 

I want to say VF25 but if the rims on this design are thick like the 1937 quarter then I want to say VF30

 

I thought about adding a line for "VG" when I first saw this coin, but then I looked at the surfaces and the feather detail on the eagle and decided that it really is a low VF. The design of this coin was not made for circulation. Therefore the wear was odd.

 

...I was at VF20 until I saw the damage to the bldg. on the reverse...voted F15.

The obverse/eagle is a good design, the designs on commems are what make them popular...nice coin...thanks for posting...jmho...Spark

 

I'm at F-15 also, a lot of wear for a '36 commemorative. Still a keeper in my opinion.

 

It's tough to grade since there is major wear on some points and not much on others. Guess that's because this was a coin that was not minted for circulation. Overall, I'd have to go with F-15 because of the uneven wear. IMHO the coin should be graded on the most severe wear in spite of VF details on some of the coin.

 

One of the deceptive areas is the windows on the state capitol. They are protected by the columns which shielded them from wear. That makes them look better than the rest of the coin.

 

Someone's pocket piece. Seldom see classic commemoratives that worn. I voted VF25, but wouldn't be surprised if it came in lower by a TPG.
I wish one of the TPG would do a photo grade of commemoratives so I could see what they are really looking at. As mentioned, commemoratives weren't designed with circulation in mind, in fact just the opposite. The more detailed design, the better, so the wear is difficult to judge without comparables.

 

Reveal coming soon, don't miss out, get your guesses in now!!

 

Reveal.

 

I thought you'd get a kick out of it!

There are tons of some of the early commems that are circulated, but very few of the others. Most that are circulated are those issued pre-depression, or those that were viewed as being of little to no value at release (BTW's, Wash/Carvers). The Iowas were anticipated to be stored neatly in a drawer of the average Iowan, and even the legislating committee felt they would never see much circulation, if any, much like the 1920 Maine commems.

So when I saw this, I just had to have it. There are only 3 in this grade (see below), and only 9 in all grades lower. Honestly, I wish this one was a lower grade!

See my comments above, and you're welcome. I do find it to be quite an attractive coin in hand as well.

I completely agree that the TPG's should have a photo grade of the commemoratives, but there are so few in lower grades, I think it would be impossible. I don't think any of the TPG's have more then 25% of the series that they have all grades available.

See below for a higher grade (MS-64) for a quick comparison.

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And for what everyone has been waiting for (and I wish it was lower);



And for those of you interested, this is an MS-64 Iowa. I chose this one, as it's white, and good enough for the quick comparison;

 

Nailed it im not bad after all!!!.