GTG: 1925 Stone Mountain Commemorative

A recent acquisition. What say you?

 

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MS64

 

64

 

I'm not any good at the commemoratives so I said MS-64.

 

MS-64

 

That’s a commemorative absolutely rich in US history, both pro and con.

 

That is a sweet looking half. I'm not real experienced in grading commens but I'll give it a go. Very clean, I'm not seeing any wear on the high points, a couple nicks on Lee's horse's neck, a small rim ding at 11:00, a light golden hue of tinting. Maybe a small scratch just to the right of Liberty on the reverse. I've got to go MS65+ with only the rim ding holding it down. I would love to have this in my collection.

 

MS 66 ...quite clean with only a few minimal nicks

 

MS66

 

I'm terrible at this but, I'll say 65.

 

Here's my pics (others were seller's). Maybe we can get more than 13 guesses?

 

Beautiful.... 64

 

MS 63 ?

 

64

 

65

 

Very nice, clean, lustrous looking coin. I'd imagine this is MS65. Depending on when this was slabbed, I could see this going 65+, but I think it's shy of 66. Regardless of grade, this is a beautiful specimen; most Stone Mountain commemoratives I've seen have rather unattractive toning.

 

Well, @ddddd and @Anthony Mazza got this one right.

 

I was thinking about going for 66 but the amount of people that said 64 and closer look changed my mind to 65 to me it's a little over graded.

 

I'd be interested in hearing what makes you feel it's over graded. I had a choice of two, and this to me looked better. The other was PCGS and had more chatter and some spots that I didn't like. I do think previous guesses do tend to influence future guesses on GTG's.

 

I thought 65 (before I saw the reveal) because of the reed mark on Traveller's neck and what looks like a vertical mark on the right side of the eagle's breast. Very lustrous coin.