Guess the Grade - $3 1856 PCGS

Hard to tell from the photos but I went with 55.

 

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70% of you voted AU. I thought she was undergraded when I bought her and will submit her again.

 

Oh yeah! Go me! Go me! Go me!

 

Not a bad idea. At least send it to CAC (if you like stickers that is)!

 

CAC is not an option and I'd only be interested in the "Doug approved" sticker anyways

 

I'll go with 55, I should have gone to the second page before I entered that

 

Are you going to send in as is or crack it out?

 

I would crack it out to be sure the grader is independent from the old opinion.
But please send the old grading sheet back to PCGS.

 

I thought about it and decided to do a crossover, just to be on the safe side. I'll let you know the "new" grade in 1-2 months from now

 

Eh, why? The population reports are a mess, anyway.

 

I am so disappointed. NGC didn't upgrade her :-(

 

... at least they seem to be faster with my coins than with @gbroke 's submission ;-)

See https://www.cointalk.com/index.php?threads/NGC-results---my-first-submission.266893/

 

I really thought the luster would carry her higher .

 

That was a good candidate for PCGS's reconsideration service. The reverse looks more XFish in the new picture than in the first, although I still would have said AU53 had I responded to the GTG. Of course, there's almost no price jump from XF45 to AU for this coin.

 

I would have preferred her in the OGH. I would have paid a premium then, but not now. Oooops.

 

The new pick really shows the reverse differently . micbraun how's the reverse luster in hand . more like the 1st pic or this last pic ?

 

I agree with the XF-45, but wouldn't have argued much with AU-53 either. To me, there is a bit to much wear on the top of the hair line to go higher than 53.

 

What about buy the coin, not the slab?

 

I don't have my coins back yet, but if I remember correctly, it was almost as good the obverse.

 

Still a very pretty coin. Sadly I do think it would've sold for a little more in the older PCGS holder, but hey, like I said, that's a really nice coin.

At least it isn't one of those coins where an AU is worth ten times more than an XF.