64. Good luster, strike, and eye appeal. Surfaces have only minor field scuffs and ticks on the devices. No heavy hits, but too many for a gem...
AU details, AT, possibly also cleaned.
They should have cross promoted their new US banknote department by having them "slab" (or whatever the term is for currency -- "sleeve?") the COA.
Nice results in the conservation! I'd be more likely to say 66 than 67 now, but will defer to Jefferson specialists. As for whether to keep it...
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65, 6FS. A few light ticks on the coat and on Monticello, good luster, but gets dinged for the funky toning in the eye appeal department.
They missed an opportunity for a bimetallic coin with a copper basketball.
Not an easy one to grade. Like @ldhair , I think it's a bit puzzling. I can't put my finger on anything that says it's for sure AU58. It's...
While no longer common in circulation, circulated wheat pennies in the 40s and 50s are numismatically very common. Rolls of circulated mixed...
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I'll probably buy one to flip now, and if I feel like it, one to keep once the initial flip premium is gone.
I think in general, people don't want to be seen as overgrading stuff, so they will tend to err on the side of caution when grading "in public."...
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