Your opinions please on an 1878 S Trade Dollar

[jesbroken]

I would like your opinions, please, why this coin would grade as uncirculated or why it would not. Not my coin, but still interested in your reasoning-trying to learn here.

Jim

 

OOOOOOOPS!!!

 

[WinstonWare]

I don't see it?

[bsshog40]

Yea I think someone forgot to put in a pic.

[James_OldeTowne]

My opinion is.... it must be really tiny.

[MarkFeld]

I'm guessing it's this one:

 

[WinstonWare]

Kinda hard to tell. Is the white balance off on that one?

[jesbroken]

Thanks, Mark, I was getting sleepy when I posted this last evening and placed the photo ATS(I assume that's where you got it) but inadvertently left it off and went to bed.

Jim

[James_OldeTowne]

It looks like a classic "MS-60" grade candidate to me.

[MarkFeld]

If the color and appearance are being portrayed accurately, it looks unnatural/cleaned to me.

[jesbroken]

Thanks all, it is in an NGC AU58 holder, but I could not see any signs of wear.

Jim

[MarkFeld]

Thanks all, it is in an NGC AU58 holder, but I could not see any signs of wear.

Jim

Jim, I don't know if it's just the toning and or the images or not, but I see possible wear on both of Liberty's arms, above her knees, on her cheek and above her eye, among other areas.

[BillJones]

If the color really looks like that, the coin has probably been cleaned and has toned to strange colors.

 

There is more to a Mint State graded coin than just whether or not there appears to be a rub on the high points. A Mint State coin also much have mint luster, and this coin seems to be short on that score. Even if you don’t see a rub, if the fields are dull and lifeless, the coin really is not Mint State. The striking process results in flow lines and luster, and once that is gone, the coin can’t be called Mint State legitimately.

 

Overall I don’t care for this piece if it looks like the picture. I would rather own a white Trade Dollar that has been properly dipped than a piece that looks like this.