That's a very nice SMS cameo. I personally feel the reverse will keep it from deep/ultra cameo. @jello please elaborate more about the Denver...
Honestly I think without cameo it may have received a 67. Getting one in a 67 cam holder would make it prohibitively expensive. I'm guessing in...
That's actually my coin and my photo. And I don't mind sarcasm one bit! :)
@Markus1959 That was a set purchase. Well worth the money! :)
Just for reference, this one is graded as 66 Cameo by PCGS. [IMG] [IMG]
It's actually pretty nice for an SMS. I would estimate 66 on it. Being that it's definitely not cameo it's not worth grading. A 66 would probably...
Well I was in the camp of no way this grades. I think the real question now is what's it really worth?
It's either a 64 or a 58 and either way I like it a lot. It looks very original and there's tons of luster especially on the reverse. Nice pickup.
It looks like a repunched date.
Ethan, if you ever run across a terribly difficult coin in the SMS series to find, let me know, I have a lot of extras! I'm such an SMS hoarder!...
Proper cleaning? -> When you pay the TPG to dip a coin just the way you were going to! lol
Here's an auction for one on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/271676250726
That's a kind of a sample slab of sorts. I'm not sure what they go for but I'm betting the seller didn't really know what he had.
The PCGS piece has a better strike especially in the head area. The luster looks better on the PCGS coin but I wonder the reason that NGC gave the...
Mark, isn't there also one listed as MS69, can't remember if it was designated RD or BN.
According to a quick search there are apparently 3 1870 S $3. One in the cornerstone of the San Francisco mint, one in the Bass collection and one...
For the record, the predecessor to the Tomaska book was: "Cameo Proofs, 1950-1964 by Val J. Webb". Not an easy book to find but I did a quick...
Physcis Fan is absolutely correct here. The repolished cameos created some very impressive coins and they are easily identified by the heavy...
63 and I voted no FB although in PCGS plastic it may go FB.
55-58 but I like it a lot more than most low MS.
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