MS63, unless the facial marks look worse, in hand.
MS62, due to the baggy cheek.
No grade, obverse scratch. But even if it were to grade, I can't see anything above MS62. And I can't begin to understand grade guesses above MS63.
I don't know how you came up with those odds. In order to know the probability of success, you would need to know how many orders were placed, for...
The images don't allow for a good view of the coin. Can you provide head-on shots? Also, is tne apparent golden color accurate, or is your white...
Sorry, there is no way to provide a meaningful grade guess from those mages. Among other things, I can't tell if the color is original, if it's RD...
Was this recently? Either way, did you contact them to have the correct coins sent or return what you received for a refund? If you received other...
One of the keys is learning to distinguish informed opinions from uninformed ones, and to remember, that even the former are still merely opinions.
Some words of caution.. Many so-called "estate auctions" aren't really that. Sometimes the items for sale are owned by the auctioneer and/or...
You already answered your own question, because it is your set, to do with as YOU wish: "To be honest I would choose to do the second choice. I...
Can you post an image? Just do a search on EBay for both tne 1879-S reverse of 1878 and the reverse of 1879 and you will find listings/images of...
The old ANA grading guide which I have states that for VG, "Motto is weak and WE is incomplete". And for Fine 12 "Entire motto is plain but WE is...
It looks like a copy.
Don't buy, based on what someone else suggests to you. Let the coin(s) talk to you and buy what you like (hopefully, on an informed basis).
I'm glad to know you are aware of the limitations of having to try to judge coins, based on (even very good) images. If you examine enough...
In the case of the Type 2 Gold $1 and the $3 gold piece, I would shoot for a nice AU55-58 example, as opposed to an MS61-62. The latter will...
Rather than making such an assumption, I prefer being polite, to being rude to and making fun of a poster who might be perfectly legitimate.
I think that is a separate matter from making fun of and/or being rude to a poster who asked about them.
I was partly joking, but who is to say that the "realized prices" didn't represent "retail"?
"Justified" (at a $25%-38% premium over what the others sold for) because it's better than the other (MS70) examples?;)
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