Should This Have A Details Grade?

I own this 1857 Flying Eagle graded by NGC. Last year, I was in buying mode and was the buying slabs and not the coins. I have started weeding out these coins that I now see are not up to par. My question is, do you think this coin should have received a details grade for the large, distracting scratch on the back? I have seen some with details grades with much smaller scratches. I threw it on the Bay to see if I can move it since I just purchased a CAC approved one.

 

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Are you sure it's a scratch on the coin? It doesn't look like it crosses the letters, but it should.

Chris

 

I see it crossing the top of the E and the top corner of the T. What else could it be if it's not a scratch?

 

I'd need a better close-up. I can't see it. Of course, you have the coin in hand.

Chris

 

Does this help any? Best i can do.

 

If that's not a scratch, it's an error that definitely should have been mentioned by the TPG. What an oversight

 

The only other thing I can think of is a strike through.

 

To me, this looks like a strike through.

 

A strike through of a hair or something? Or a wire? I think you guys are right. Do they generally leave a raised impression or the reverse? I tend to think it would be a depression, as this is. I had a coin graded by ICG get the attribution of a strike through, which is an error coin since it was done during minting, right? Does NGC only attribute more significant errors (this seems like one though!)? Or does NGC have to be told by the submitter and paid extra to attribute it?

 

I will have to pull the coin out of my safe tomorrow and zoom in more closely to see if there is misplaced metal from a scratch or if it's flat for a struck through. You would tbink, either way, NGC would have notated it on the slab.

 

If it's an error, NGC will not attribute it unless the proper box is checked and the extra fee paid.

Chris

 

Looks like a lamination error. If it was a wire, the top edges of the letters would have a radius to it.

 

By the way, that flying eagle is gorgeous!

 

You guys have good eyesight , I can barely make out the line let alone what caused it .

 

Yep it's all about the money

 

Heres a 84 washington quarter I have, I posted it, but was told its a scratch to, done from a staple, most of been one hell of a staple lol

 

I agree. The way it flows over the devices doesn't suggest a scratch.

 

I am leaning towards struck through also after looking at some others.

 

See if these blurry pics help any.