Guess the Grade #536

1955-S PCGS slabbed

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66

 

Great luster decent strike , thinking 66 .

 

Off the charts luster, but a couple hits in the focals.

 

65n1

 

Dick , what's up with the date ? Almost looks like a bit of extra metal .

 

Die chip. Very common in the era.

 

65

 

Cool , I thought I was seeing things , this isn't a poor mans Doubled Die , is it ?

 

I've been off in my guesses recently...hopefully this one is on with a 66.

 

Sorry. don't see any doubling.

 

I heard of people referring to some '55 coins as the poor mans doubled die , even though there is little or no doubling . Thought maybe this was one of the ones they were hawking .

 

This poll and http://www.cointalk.com/threads/guess-the-grade-535.233244/ will be closing tonight.

 

Ms- 65.

 

So I'm trying to learn how to grade - so please indulge a complete novice for a moment.

Would the bag marks/scratches on the face, and the long scratch above the E of "Cent" on the reverse bump this below 65? Also, if "One Cent" doubled on the Reverse, or is that just the way it was made?

The Red Book has MS65 Gem as "...No trace of wear, barely noticeable blemished, nearly full color". Do these previously mentioned marks fall under the "barely noticeable" or not.

Obviously the color on this is not an issue, nor is the wear...

 

No one is going to not indulge you. That is the reason I post these threads as well as for fun.

Yes, that is a scratch above the E, but you need to put it in perspective. That coin is about 3/4 inch across. That image is 5 1/2 inches on my screen. That is 8X magnification. Graders typically use NO magnification or 5X to see items in question.

Anyhow, stick around and see what you can learn. Look at some of the past threads and learn from them. That is what they are there for.

 

MS63 it looks like it has a small scratch.

 

Fair enough. Excuse the expression.

 

Thad pretty much nailed this one. A couple his and even a couple small spots (most notable is the one on the left wheat), but that luster is way off the charts. Technically, everyone got this one wrong. Maybe I missed something here. I can see how this got a 66, but they even gave it a 66+!

 

This is different of late. The only changes this week was petro89 and bahabully exchanged places and that is only because bahabully comes first alphabetically.

Columns are rank, name, average, and number of guesses.

1. Duke Kavanaugh 0.292 25
2. ddoomm1 0.300 21
3. mark_h0.354 50
4. rzage 0.386 46
5. non_cents 0.400 37
6. BadThad 0.442 45
7. ldhair 0.464 29
8. bahabully 0.500 42
9. petro890.500 48
10. MNcoinman 0.516 33