Guess the grade- 1903 $2 1/2 Liberty

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by jwitten, Feb 3, 2017.

  1. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I just picked this one up.. any guesses?
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  3. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

  4. Coinlover67

    Coinlover67 Well-Known Member

    64

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  5. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    64, nice copper spots....
     
  6. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    Copper spotting probably knocked that to a 63
     
  7. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    Would they really change the grade? I've always liked them for their original look.
     
  8. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    Such kind of copper spots do not influence the grade, these are "neutral"and are signs of original surfaces of the coin.
     
  9. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    In my opinion yes depending on the look since eye appeal is part of the grade. Like anything else some people like them some don't
     
  10. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    Some girls will, some girls won't.......:woot:;)
     
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  11. Camreno

    Camreno Active Member

    MS-62 is that a nick I see?
     
  12. jester3681

    jester3681 Exonumia Enthusiast

    I say 64. I like the fields, although the nick will hurt it. Some rim bumps, and the spots. Well stuck, nicely detailed.
     
  13. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    I have to say MS-62 , maybe 63. I'm basing that on the 4 minor rim nicks and the spotting. Otherwise, a very nice coin.
     
  14. ToughCOINS

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  15. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    I like this coin for it' s beautiful original deep orange color;-)
     
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  18. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    This is why grading by pictures can be tricky! It graded Unc details cleaned. I paid cleaned price for it, and really only bought it because I looked up the pictures first. I literally cannot see any signs of a cleaning in the pictures, and at first I could not in hand either. After looking at it under a loupe, VERY light lines are visible when the light hits it in one spot, so I guess it has been very lightly wiped. I think if it was raw, I probably would have been fooled by it too.
     
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  19. Rheingold

    Rheingold Well-Known Member

    All of us were wrong:banghead:
     
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  20. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    it happens to me all of the time... but I learn something every time
     
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  21. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    The thought has crossed my mind to send it to ngc or anacs. It is in a secure holder, so I'm not sure it would ever grade now at pcgs.
     
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