1882 $5 Liberty

[cameron12x]

Thoughts on a grade?

 

 

Original skin?

[coinman_23885]

Thoughts on a grade?

 

 

Original skin?

 

Is it just the lighting source or does the coin appear dull and lacking luster (e.g. on the obverse, the periphery has luster, but the devices and nearby fields appear to lack luster)? Look at the way the darkness appears to move around the stars as if the coin has been cleaned. For the moment, I'll say AU details.

[Mark T]

Looks Au, it appears to have been cleaned.

[relicsncoins]

To me it looks like an AU50 and has scattered hits and a few whispy hairlines that are acceptable at that grade. Remember, it's gold and is quite soft and once it enters circulation it aquires hits at a much quicker pace than a silver or copper counterpart.

 

JJ

[physics-fan3.14]

It is AU-50, and it has been cleaned. However, I think it will grade just fine, no details grade.

[BillJones]

It will grade and should get an AU-50 IMO.

[JOBESSI]

AU53. if you look on both sides of the coin, the break in the luster is the same on both sides. (highest being at 9 & 3 o'clock). I wonder if this coin rested on anything that dulled it a bit...interesting.

[James_OldeTowne]

I'm with the crowd, AU details, but cleaned.

[michael]

market acceptable au

 

the year 1882

 

 

barnum introduced the elephant jumbo

to madison square garden in nyny and americans flocked to see him

 

jumbo died in 1885 when he was hit by a freight train in 1885 in ontario canada

 

and to this day jumbois an adjective for unusually huge size

 

electricity was used for the first time lighting up parts of ny city with power by the edison illuminating company and financed by none other than himself jp morgan

 

and in 1882 less than 2% of the homes where connected to a water main and nearly all private homes had outhouses in the backyard still a crude, smelly time by todays standards in the later 19th century in the CITY

 

 

the legendary infamous jesse james was shot and killed

 

 

the american baseball association was founded and the last official bareknuckle championship boxing match was fought

 

the standard oil trust was incorporated by john d rockefeller bringing 95%+ of the american petroleum industry under one control

 

 

robber and oil barons where quite prevelant in society and industry caring only for themselves

 

railroads were the main form of transportation between cities and the country in the continental usa

 

patient medicines ruled the d as brst sellers at practically every store in the usa created with outrageous claims of great cures as then there were no rules, laws or restrictions to be obeyed with the main ingredient of many either strong spirits and/or cocaine

 

on a numismatic note

 

the chapman brothers printed a wonderfully lavish quality coin cat with 12 photographic plates and descriptions of thousands of coins tokens and medals from the famed and highly celebrated collection of charles I. bushnell WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

and over 50 coin auctions took place in 1882 as this was truly a booming time for coin collectors

 

wild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Oldtrader3]

Very little original skin. The lettering in "FIVE D." looks off (E D.), may just be the picture but I would have it authenticated.

[cameron12x]

Thansk for the feedback everyone...

 

I may post some photos once I have in hand.