I think the coin in the OP has enough wear and loss of luster to grade EF40-45. It also looks cleaned to me. This could change if I could see it...
That kind of green around the devices doesn't bother me at all. Progression will be slow, if any. Verdicare seems reasonable since it is fairly...
That '72 dollar is really eye catching. Also like some of the bust halves too, quite a haul, all in all.
Yeah I would definitely wait for a nicer one. (I just spotted one in AU55 for sale on the pcgs BST, was going to recommend it but it's already sold!)
I can't say but so much from the photos. It is not uncommon for the obv. of trade dollars to be cleaned, dulling the luster, and then retoned....
Working dies were treated with an acid solution, then the flat surfaces were buffed with an emery wheel and fine "flour" emery, yielding frosty...
My experience with uncertified BU coins is that they are often lightly circulated and dipped to death. stay away!
IMO should go 66. Higher depends on what the grader had for lunch, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure, how the Dow is doing, etc etc...
Even without seeing the MM, there are so many things wrong with this koin that if someone can't immediately spot this as a fake they should never...
Some really nice gold posted here! Brett I love that 14-D 10$
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BU=Buffed Up
Here are the 4 MM's. To me the entire coin looks like a cast fake, the rims in particular are terrible. [IMG]
The only other thing I'll mention is that there should be a lot of heavy die polish lines around the mintmark. The second set of photos leads me...
Nice closeups!
I don't know about the MM, either. If genuine, Au something.
Late to the party, but I think VF also, and in the 300-400 range if nice surfaces. Like that overdate!
Looks like a nice VF example, great!
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