I think it would go VF-20 at PCGS. But it's a nice coin with decent surfaces for a Classic Head. At best, it's a EAC F-12.
Interesting. The reverse of this coin is not the Class I, it is the Class III restrike as denoted by the E of STATES being midway between clouds...
Agreed it must be either 1853 or 1873. Below link is to Gerry Fortin's Liberty Seated Dime site. You can look through those pictures and...
Not the most beautiful but I like it for the re-punched date and the die crack connecting the stars. [ATTACH]
They really show those D and C gold coins some love, don't they? OK, now some of what might be wear is probably some weak strike, common on D...
Everything about the subject coin is wrong for either of the two 1823 varieties or the Restrike: Portrait's wrong, date's wrong, stars are wrong....
Nice. Love those die breaks and cuds.
@Lee Gilmore, thanks for the better photos. Let me preface my comments by saying that I think this coin can only be judged in hand. Issues of...
From those photos I'd call it MS-70 with a 300% premium for toning! Seriously, it's hard enough to grade from even well-done photos but it's...
Working on the Capped Bust Half Dime set by die marriage. Just got this one. It's the 1836 LM-7 die marriage, Obverse 3 and Reverse JJ, Rarity...
MS-63 Bean
By golly, my heart wants to call this XF-Details but my head says it graded XF-45, no Bean.
I'll be an outlier on this one and say XF-45, no bean. It might have gone AU-50 on a good day without the dings, hits, and as @charley says, "the...
Reverse looks very nice but obverse not at all - at least to my tastes.
In the end, this perp will have a bunch of justifications (excuses) for his betrayal of trust and friendship. When all the BS is boiled away, it...
I am so sorry to hear your story. It seems that the perps are often those closest to us. That's why one of the first rules of keeping valuables...
This anecdote affirms my (perhaps unfair) impression that the Mint just doesn't understand its customers. Maybe she thought the original idea of...
PF 65 Cameo.
Congratulations. Those are tough coins to acquire.
Schrodinger's Cat?
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