I bought this 1916 D Simply because it is absolutely gorgeous. Bad pic because it is in a 2x2 and I don't want to take it out at this moment. I see what seems to be a scratch on the wing. Some have told me it is not a scratch. I want to submit to PCGS. Any grade I will be happy with. I don't want it back in a details holder. I'll leave as is for that. My questions is, is that scratch bad enough to come back details or should I go for it. Believe me the coins is much much better in person. Thanks for the input. Oh yeah... just kidding about the love token.
I don't know if it is a scratch or not, looks more like a ding, in either case its not a strike-through, so is post mint. On a good day, i think it would pass, but will lower the grade possibly 2 points. Very nice coin.
The luster on the obverse looks suspicious to me - not a cartwheel. May have been whizzed. But it is pretty.
Thank you, yes, I've been told it should pass. No guarantees of course. I am leaning towards going for it. I think it deserves a shot.
My heart rate had already reached 130 by the time I read this line. If the coin is Mint State, that scratch may very well be enough to prevent a good grade. I'd take the shot, though.
I dont think it has been whizzed or touched. It's 1916. The dies werent polished like your typical 1940s walker dies. If you look at other high grade coins from the same time, you would see the same kind of surfaces, kind of grainy like the dies had been sandblasted before being used. Imo op's coin is more of an early die state where the surfaces appear more granular and showing how the die surfaces originally looked. I have cents and dimes from the same time period that have the same kind surfaces that changes how the luster looks.
Same thing that I noted when I looked at it. The commemorative halves for this same time period, and even into the '20s, have the same surface characteristics.
