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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4964662, member: 29751"]Clearly a difficult little coin to grade from photos. I agree with the NGC grade, about as close to a gem little coin as you can get. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no rub on the horse or beads. There is some die degradation (rust) on the body of the horse, and the planchet is not completely struck up on the very highest of areas that people are perceiving as wear. The die has the beginnings of a crack just above the horse body. The coin has booming luster, with some nice toning in the hidden areas. This coin was likely stored in an envelope or coin cabinet for a very long time. The centering on this is superb for the era (they come very often off-center, dentils missing on one side, etc.). I'm very happy to add this ~340 year old coin to my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://brgphoto.com/images/photo20/1681_Brunswick_4MG_NGC_MS64plus_composite.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For reference, below is the example imaged in the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/german-states-brunswick-l%c3%bcneburg-calenberg-4-mariengroschen-km-277-1681-1686-cuid-1162003-duid-1356598" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/german-states-brunswick-l%c3%bcneburg-calenberg-4-mariengroschen-km-277-1681-1686-cuid-1162003-duid-1356598" rel="nofollow">Krause catalog</a>:</p><p><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/262128b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/262128f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4964662, member: 29751"]Clearly a difficult little coin to grade from photos. I agree with the NGC grade, about as close to a gem little coin as you can get. There is no rub on the horse or beads. There is some die degradation (rust) on the body of the horse, and the planchet is not completely struck up on the very highest of areas that people are perceiving as wear. The die has the beginnings of a crack just above the horse body. The coin has booming luster, with some nice toning in the hidden areas. This coin was likely stored in an envelope or coin cabinet for a very long time. The centering on this is superb for the era (they come very often off-center, dentils missing on one side, etc.). I'm very happy to add this ~340 year old coin to my collection. [IMG]https://brgphoto.com/images/photo20/1681_Brunswick_4MG_NGC_MS64plus_composite.jpg[/IMG] For reference, below is the example imaged in the [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/german-states-brunswick-l%c3%bcneburg-calenberg-4-mariengroschen-km-277-1681-1686-cuid-1162003-duid-1356598']Krause catalog[/URL]: [IMG]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/262128b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/262128f.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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