1881-S Gold Eagle ~~ Grade Opinions

Here is a circulated 1881-S Eagle. What grade would you put on the holder? It's definitely seen the bottom of a pocket of purse in the past but gold is a soft metal, so...

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Ben

 

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au-58 IMO.

 

au 55 IMHO

 

With all those scratches and deep gouges I'd have to say XF-40 or 45.

That's a real shame. I can see plenty of luster remaining around the edges of the fields. It looks like somebody dropped this coin in a tool box and carried it 100 miles in the back of a wagon on a washboard road.

 

I can't go over vf-35, but thats just me and I don't grade a lot of gold

 

Bone...is that a die break on the reverse under the "D"/?

EF to AU50

RickieB

 

I would say AU50 to 55. That is just looking at the book and the pictures - I really do not know anything about gold. But it looks nice.

 

No, I don't think so, maybe something showing up on the plastic. Here is a little better pic, but the coin was purchased as circulated XFish from www.mintproducts.com

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Ben