Sort of a GTG-ish thread about a Japanese coin

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Numismat, Aug 5, 2015.

  1. Numismat

    Numismat World coin enthusiast

    Not too long ago I posted about having won an auction and being sent the wrong coin. Well that has been cleared up, and the coin is better than I expected.

    It was in an old PCI holder graded as MS-65

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    Now that I have freed it from it's tomb, I strongly feel it was under-graded, possibly more than just one point.

    The devices and fields are much cleaner than all the other 65's I've been looking at. It has hardly any marks on it at all, full strike and BU luster. I was comparing to high resolution pics of a handful of slabbed 66's and 67's in the Heritage auction archives. This coin is cleaner than some of the 66 graded coins (though I can't ignore the possibility that some contact marks I'm seeing are on the plastic slabs).

    But this coin does look to me very close or even on par with some 67 ones.

    What do you guys think?

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    Side note: that PCI slab was kind of cool because you can see the difference between the blast white coin that went in and the toning that formed by the time it came out. :)
     
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  3. stldanceartist

    stldanceartist Minister of Silly Walks

    My thoughts:

    Ooh-la-la!

    Definitely a beauty!
     
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  4. jwitten

    jwitten Well-Known Member

    I would have kept it in that holder... Pretty cool to compare
     
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  5. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Nice coin. Glad you got that mess straightened out.
     
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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Since you removed it from it's holder you can dip it to remove the staining before resubmitting. Hehehehe
     
  7. Nevadabell

    Nevadabell A picture of me.

    I think that would grade at least a MS66.
     
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  8. mlov43

    mlov43 주화 수집가

    Yeah, I think maybe 66.
    Thanks for sharing this coin with us. Those Taisho-era coins are friggin' cool-looking.
     
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  9. Numismat

    Numismat World coin enthusiast

    I was tempted, but I really, really hate having my coins behind hard plastic. I still have a picture of the slab for longevity. :)

    Nooooooo :mad:
     
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