GUESS THE GRADE! 1820 8 reales Peru

Test your skills! What do you think the grade is on this 1820 8 reales coin from Peru??? Once I get a good amount of guesses, I will reveal the grade! Thanks for participating!

 

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MS 62

 

Wow, this is incredibly difficult!

I don't really see any wear. I don't see any breaks in the luster. I'm thinking UNC. LOTS of chatter in that obverse closeup, so I'm probably going to guess MS-61.

Nice coin, and it seems like a really high grade for that era.

 

Tough one. Sort of a split grade with a 50 obverse and 64 reverse. I’ll guess a net grade at 61

 

MS63 I have a similar one that is a 62 but I think yours is a little better.

 

These are tricky I'll say 58 just have a felling,nice one.

 

63 - looks average UNC to me.

 

I think that the obverse shows some minor circulation. I would say AU58, and no doubt a 62 on eye appeal.

 

I'm torn between AU and low MS...I'll be conservative and say AU 55

 

Ms 60

 

I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be any of the grades mentioned above.

 

My impression is that it shows a little handling, AU58

 

And the answer is...........

 

I was late to the party. I was about to post MS 60.

 

A touch of strike weakness in the portrait, though nothing evident on the reverse to confirm that. Nice luster. Were it in an NGC holder, probably an MS62.

In a PCGS holder, almost certainly an MS61, based primarily on the location of the letter "P" in the word "Peru" on the slab label in relation to the letters "GS" in the acronym "PCGS" above it. Looks to me like the country name is auto-centered under the grade, and if you compare it other examples on eBay, the "1" in the grade makes the grade line shorter, hence the centering of "PERU" is considerably to the left of where it would be for a 58, 60, 62, 63, 64 or 65.

See example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125183090180

 

Haha, nailed it. Always feels good.

And that's a nice coin!