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Great pick, I've seen many lesser FEC's get a better grade.

 

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1915 d $39.50 + $3.00 Shipping

 

1865 Plain 5 Two Cent Piece $17.50 + $3.00 Shipping

I won three auctions from the same seller who ignored my request for an invoice with their offered combined shipping for a week and not wanting wait longer I paid the cost on all three coins. They shipped immediately after I paid, that telling me they ignored my request. I can't say I blame them knowing what I paid overall. I will post the third coin after taking the pics.

 

1865 Fancy 5 IHC $12.00 + $3.00 Shipping

light clean job

 

Oof.

That’s why I never do no-reserve auctions on eBay

 

RPD ?

 

I think maybe slightly in the 6 loop, the previous owner wiped the surfaces fairly aggressively but did nothing for the crud in the devices. I had it in acetone for awhile before these pics and most of it brushed away. It is soaking again hoping the rest can be persuaded to come off for a better look.

 

1916 Walking Liberty Half $5.75

 

Sorry for the double posting.

 

$8.10

 

$49.75.

 

Here is something you don't see everyday, a rainbow toned Sac Dollar. The obverse is stunning and should carry the coin to a premium gem grade.

$5.05 Shipped!

 

Tapered planchet as well? Why is the rest of it out of round?

Do you see 1889 or 1899?

 

Not sure about that first part. Could have occurred when struck. And it is 1889. Date position is a dead giveaway. The 1899 is a narrow, closer date. The 1889 is wider like this one.

 

Gotta love the color bump

 

Elements of Coin Grading:

1) Surface Preservation
2) Strike
3) Luster
4) EYE APPEAL

What you call a color bump, I call market grading.

Btw, are you aware that for coins with different grades between the obverse & reverse, the obverse condition is usually weighted more than the reverse? What do you think of this grading practice?

 

I snagged this pretty lady for $28. Even with my costs for Trueview, I am under $50 for this beauty.

 

Very pretty example!

 

You place such a huge emphasis on eye appeal and believe that it should influence the grade upwards. I’m in the same camp as the ANA Grading Standards where stellar eye appeal is merely a requisite for a superb gem grade. If the coin meets the technical merits for the grade, but fails to have the requisite eye appeal, then it should get a lower grade. But if it meet the technical merits and exceeds the requisite eye appeal, then it is graded on the technical merits, and the market adjusts the value upwards accordingly. That way, people are not prone to double-dipping on eye-appeal premiums. That is the single inherent problem with market grading.

Yes, and the metric I’ve read is 60% obverse and 40% reverse. Barring any major distractions on the reverse, I generally abide by this as well.