1839 Raw seated quarter. Grade?

[RUSS BEGA]

Hi all,

 

Bought this little honey at CSNS last week. She's currently at NGC. What do you guys think the grade will be?

[Bugmann1974]

 

 

AU details cleaned

[RUSS BEGA]

Thanks for the pic fix

 

I don't personally believe it will come back details. in hand the"hairlines" are hardly visable. But of course i could be wrong

[djdilliodon]

Yep im going with cleaned. Remember in hand it may not look cleaned depending on the lighting but graders use lights in order to help them see all flaws of a coin.

[RUSS BEGA]

Like i said, could be wrong. guess we'll just have to wait and see. should have the word back by friday

[James_OldeTowne]

Pleasing AU details - it might go AU-53 or so.

[Schatzy]

AU Details

[jesbroken]

Good luck, Russ. I purchased this liberty seated quarter and was so proud until it proved to have been cleaned. In hand it did not appear to be to me, but then it was mine at the time. I have since sold it at a loss.

Jim

 

[RUSS BEGA]

Good luck, Russ. I purchased this liberty seated quarter and was so proud until it proved to have been cleaned. In hand it did not appear to be to me, but then it was mine at the time. I have since sold it at a loss.

Jim

 

 

IT happens to the best of us. if it is cleaned its one of 11 Quarter i picked up at CSNS that was. i bought a lof or raw ones so it won't be two bad of a loss.

[BillJones]

I guess I'm missing something, but I don't see the cleaned part here.

 

I'd grade it AU-50, with a downgrade from AU-58 for the marks in the right field on the obverse and reverse. Maybe those are cleaning marks, but they don't look like that to me.

 

Here a quarter of the same type that NGC graded AU-58.

 

[RUSS BEGA]

I guess I'm missing something, but I don't see the cleaned part here.

 

I'd grade it AU-50, with a downgrade from AU-58 for the marks in the right field on the obverse and reverse. Maybe those are cleaning marks, but they don't look like that to me.

 

Here a quarter of the same type that NGC graded AU-58.

 

 

Bill i agree with ya 100% i really don't think it's been cleaned at all. and that coin looks very similar to mine

[michael]

au details or au 53-55

 

cant tell from the photos

[RUSS BEGA]

I guess we were all right. it came back Obverse improp. Personally i don't see it. but i guess thats just how it goes. maybe i'll try again. as long as i like the coin who care though right?

[Hoot]

53-55 and a great coin - thanks for sharing!

 

Hoot

[michael]

I guess we were all right. it came back Obverse improp. Personally i don't see it. but i guess thats just how it goes. maybe i'll try again. as long as i like the coin who care though right?

 

agreed

 

and guess what?/ sometimes it takes 1-3 times to get into a regular graded holder

 

but i will say that ngc is currently the tightest i have ever seen them for grading coins in the last 20 or so years

 

5 years ago this would have holdered easily

[Bugmann1974]

as long as i like the coin who care though right?

 

Amen! (thumbs u

 

And I agree with Michael, NGC seems to be extra picky with this kind of stuff lately. That is why I guessed improperly cleaned. I do have to say that I find the coin very appealing though.

 

 

*edit* Here is one of my coins that NGC gave the improperly cleaned label to earlier this year. Please note that the slab is slightly scuffed up.