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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25676442, member: 10461&quot;][MEDIA=youtube]P39CJbUH37E[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm.&nbsp; I did not realize that the Farouk specimen was the only &#039;33 double eagle that’s legal to own.&nbsp; I had assumed (wrongly, it seems) that the rest got legalized when it did.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The rest of this post is mere (semi-educated) opinion.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I do not subscribe to the point of view that it&#039;s &quot;the greatest coin there is&quot;, but yeah, it&#039;s cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1642013[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I see PCGS values it at $22,500,00.00 <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42095232" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/42095232" rel="nofollow">on the cert page</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I&#039;ve always thought it was overgraded.&nbsp; Liberty&#039;s belly and left leg look like she dashed through a thicket of brambles.&nbsp; Her face and neck and the torch suffered, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yet it now also has a “green bean” CAC sticker confirming it as not only MS65 (Gem), but also <i>strong for the grade.&nbsp; </i>If you ask me (and I know you didn’t), the CAC bean is utterly pointless on this unique coin. I can’t help but wonder if CAC and PCGS paid the owner (instead of the other way around) for the privilege of slapping their plastic (and sticker) on there?&nbsp; It’s certainly good PR buzz for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zoom in on that larger obverse picture.&nbsp; I mean, it&#039;s almost like road rash.&nbsp; Did Farouk drop it in a parking lot? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1642015[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If you or I sent in a Saint with marks like that, you <i>know</i> we&#039;d be lucky to see a 63- <i>on a good day</i>- with MS60-62 being much more likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>MS6<b>5</b>?&nbsp; <i>Really</i>?&nbsp; I&#039;d call it MS61, personally.&nbsp; OK, the fields are clean.&nbsp; Maybe 62.&nbsp; But I’m not PCGS.&nbsp; Or CAC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, I don’t think a coin should get a boost to its technical grade simply because it’s famous.&nbsp; <i>All</i> coins of the same type should be graded to the same standard, right?&nbsp; A famous coin rightfully gets a boost in <i>value</i>, but the <i>grade</i> should calculated the same way as with any non-famous example of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the technical grade here is as irrelevant as the CAC sticker is.&nbsp; The coin could be graded MS72 or VG08 or even AG03, and multiple people would still fight over the opportunity to pay eight figures for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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