How can this coin be a 66+ ?

I came across this coin on Heritage and am just totally lost as to how this can be a 66+ coin. Granted the reverse has eye appeal but I am not getting past the obverse distractions. Can anyone explain why this grade is correct

 

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eye appeal is just one aspect of a grade, ugly coins can be in high grades

 

Did you check NGC website? Here is what it shows.

2590420-001
NGC Description
1888 50C
NGC Grade
DELETED

 

Everyone makes a mistake. Graders are only human. From what SchwaVB57 says NGC corrected the mistake. Besides, it's only a grade.

 

Maybe the toning looked ok when it was slabbed and it turned later?

 

Post a link to this coin please

 

High degree of surface preservation. The toning is far from beautiful, but it is a very clean coin.

 

https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2590420-001/66/

 

Not without seeing it in person.

 

The heritage link I was asking for.
Thx

 

No, he said the cert lookup says “deleted”. Somebody could have crossed it over to PCGS...

 

I believe micbraun solved this issue. Tried to cross over in hopes for a PCGS PF 66+. Wonder if it made it.

 

Turned in the holder?

 

It may have turned in the holder. That looks like improperly rinsed dip residue toning

 

Apologize for getting back so late. Here is the link to the coin https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-hal...-17020.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

Not likely sent for crossover, Note in the Heritage auction link, that is for a sale coming up NEXT month. If it went in for cross over why would they be using the NGC pictures? I guess it is possible they could still be planning to change them but it seems to me if you were sending it in you would wait for the new slab. Possibly it went back to NGC for grade review/regrade and it is being downgraded. That would cause them to immediately delete the grade. (If sent for crossover NGC may never find out so they wouldn't pull the grade.)

 

If the label was shipped to NGC they would know and remove the coin from their DB.

 

According to Heritage "Preservation is impeccable."

 

How often does PCGS ship crossover labels to NGC? Do they really care about trying to keep NGC pops accurate?

And if they had crossed it and sent it and the label back to Heritage, Heritage would have updated the image in the auction.

 

It's more confusing when you see what NGC states about the + added to the grade
https://www.ngccoin.com/news/articl...YTVRIRGpTR1lpeDJYQkc5b1l2Z2U0UTgyK2UxcVJVeSJ9