Grading ANACS Grading part 4/20

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I called it 66 the dink in the hair a bit to large to call it a 67... Nice one

 

MS63

 

63

 

This one is the coin - of the twienty - that I question the most because that gash across the head is obviously not from the minting process and not a normal bag mark, and also on the lip. So I don't know. I am obviously ignorant of grading Clads.

 

Grading these can drive you crazy. To make it more fun the services use different standards. I guess my standards are about what PCGS used 10 or 15 years ago.

 

63, but should be a DETAILS coin for the deep gouge.

 

It is really not that deep. It is exagerated by the photograph

 

Here is the original image beforew grading

 

Because it’s a large clad coin with reeding TPGS can be forgiving with bag marks. The gash across the farhead not so sure about. I voted MS64

 

Bag marks, a bit of wear, MS-62 in my opinion. Thanks

 

the damage to his lip (displaced metal) as well as the bag marks and forehead/hair mark limits this to a MS62 in my opinion.

 

No no no, don‘t say that. You’ll be next to me in the doghouse :-D

 

Just been looking thru all my ANACS graded Ikes..All two...and they're both at least two grades off...LOL!...on the LOW end.

 

63...just maybe 64, but NO WAY details for obv mark(s).

 

what could be the cause of that? It is not post-mint damage. It went from the mint to cello to the market.

 

ms-64 imho

 

In those days the Mint was into production and not much time was spent on quality for business strikes. Planchets were mass produced with not much regard for beauty. The coins were struck at high speed, dumped into bins, and then bagged. Mint sets had no better handling than circulation strikes. Even the blue silver strikes were handled in the same way, but were packaged in a timely manor. Mint sets received no better handling than circulation strikes, thus all the planchet flaws and hits. Only luck and an occasional miracle produced the few truly nice Ikes which we're fortunate to collect today.

 

I have to agree about the treatment of the circulation strikes even the circulation mint sets.. However considerable attention was paid to the proof coins. In the early 70s coin collecting was at one of it's highest points with a LCS in just about every town. These proof coins were prized because of the lack of quality in the circulation strikes and a good majority of them survived to be found with many graded and slabbed at 68+. Just the number still in gem condition keeps their prices down vs circulation strikes of which high grade examples can be hard to come by

 

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