GTG, 1814 E/A CBH

O108a, with the heavy die clashes. A difficult coin to image, as the die clashes reflect light at odd angles, and there is a big die bulge to the left of the bust. Wear is tough to judge due to weak strikes on many examples. It is a straight grade by PCGS. Have fun!

 

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Ooh, yummy original, choice, problem free, lustrous, wonderful coin.

I'm at EF-45.

This variety is known to have some strike weirdness, but I think there's too much wear for AU. Normally, this much lack of detail on the eagle's wind and neck would point to a high VF, but because of the variety (and given the luster), I'm going to guess a nice EF. The luster shows this is a strong EF, and the original surfaces mean this is worth a premium.

Fantastic coin, congrats.

 

F-40, EF-45 on a good day. She's lovely!

 

45

 

I'm not much of a CBH variety collector, but I like the ones with strong die clashes, the overdates, the "blundered" dates, coins that show how the early mint workers strived to work with what they had, and pushed the dies until they practically fell apart.

 

That's a fake coin, you can see the ridge lines going from the middle.

 

uh-huh.

 

Can you be a bit more specific as to what "ridge lines" you're talking about?

 

Nice one, I'll guess 45. If they gave 45+'s more frequently, I'd probably go with that.

 

I'll go high with AU 58
(guessing that PCGS might have given it the benefit of doubt despite the weak strike)

 

those are so tough to get legit grades on - the clashing messes them up and makes some things look cleaned

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1814-capped-bust-half-108a.298785/#post-2921003

here is one I have from a few years ago - came back AU cleaned - I'll update it with the scan - no way mine is cleaned....and given rarity can't believe they didn't give it a final grade....

 

I want to call it AU because of the strike but at some point the wear overcomes the strike limit. EF45.

 

PCGS probably called it a 35, but it should be a 45

 

I'll post the pcgs grade tomorrow evening. Thanks for all the guesses and comments so far.

 

Vf 35. Those dies are worn out technically a 45 I’d say.

 

XF-40

 

VF-35

 

35, maybe 40...from the pics there is no way this should be AU.

Here is a PCGS 50. (Not my coin)

 

From the photo provided, there seems to be a ton of luster, coupled with a weak strike and worn dies, and I was thinking this could go into the low MS's.

This is probably going to win for 'The Coin Most Difficult to GTG'

Can't wait for the reveal on this one.