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Beautiful coin but obvious wear on the obverse (hair) and reverse (upper feathers) plus lifeless surfaces = needless/inept dipping.
If I could log a vote, a very tentative AU-50. Given the wear:luster ratio, my gut says Details.
AU 55; AU58; MS 63; AU 50
I say that Miss Scarlet killed Mr. Lincoln in a San Francisco parking with the lead pipe in 1968.
MS-66 No FS - same as before the reveal.
MS 67/No Full Steps. Stunning strike, surfaces, and toning.
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Market wisdom can be something of an oxymoron (with emphasis on the moron.) Remember market wisdom brought us the Crash of '29 and more recently...
MS 66+. When it comes to grading - and this coin's obverse is a stunner - I'm not hung up on whatever slings, arrows, and chatter of outrageous...
This fretful nickel-and-dime speculator thread makes me glad I'm a simple coin collector. Silver and gold go up and down but who cares? Security?...
It's lonely here in the punch bowl... MS Details (Cleaned).
I’ve got a near-twin 1938-D graded at MS-66 by PCGS. Guess I dodged a grading bullet. This GTG sure looked >/= MS-65 to me.
Thank you. Definitely a keeper!
Sad but true. To the Mint, hobbyists are now an afterthought. Speculators now wag this pandering dog.
On several occasions, I've seen CT members and TPGs give a non-Details grade to a coin that was admittedly cleaned. The rationale for this...
Pretty rough room. Still, I’d say MS-65+
Nice challenge... a VF-35 but definitely a squeaker.
At 70, I'm probably overly forgiving of Life's bag marks... MS-64 PL
Let me regrettably join the other AU-58's in the GTG punch bowl. Still, in the eye of this beholder, an exquisite specimen. [Praying for a...
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