GSA Hoard CC MSDs posted by JoeFerentz

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Grades were posted for a 1881 CC and 1883 CC. And the results came back...

 

A nice MS 64 for the '81 and a MS61PL for the '83. A little disappointed on the numerical grade for the '83, but it is Proof-like so that's nice. My first.

 

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[Jack Robinson]

 

Joe,

 

Nice coin. Do you, or others, think the blemish on her face caused the lower grade?

 

Have fun on your coin adventures.

 

Semper Fi !

 

Jack

[RichH]

Jack,

 

That's exactly what i was thinking, MS61 is a very low grade for a GSA. I just checked the population report, for the 1883CC ,as of today 19,939 GSA graded MS60 and above, with 19,703 (99%) higher than a MS61. I cant see a really big hit to the obverse focal point, so also curious to the grade.

Cheers !

 

Rich

[coinsbygary]

I think this coin suffers from numerous contact marks as opposed to a handful of overriding marks. IMO it could have went 62.

Gary

[JoeF]

Definitely. I took another look at 5x. That's not a blemish. She's looks pretty beat up and the fields have plenty of marks, too. The reverse is much, much cleaner.

 

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[Mr Bo Jingles]

Obviously it is pretty difficult to give an opinion from a pix and not have it in hand, but she looks pretty bagged up.

 

I would be a little bummed at it coming back 61 as well, but you did get PL out of it and PL's in GSA holders are pretty rare in general. I never thought of going after prooflike GSA's until I saw the pops. That changed my mind!

 

Happy Collecting!

 

Bo

[JoeF]

Obviously it is pretty difficult to give an opinion from a pix and not have it in hand, but she looks pretty bagged up.

 

I would be a little bummed at it coming back 61 as well, but you did get PL out of it and PL's in GSA holders are pretty rare in general. I never thought of going after prooflike GSA's until I saw the pops.

 

I agree. Pix are not a way to grade coins.

 

You know, when I got it , I was kind of bummed (I took a chance-sight unseen, except for photo on an online auction). I looked at it with a loupe and thought " yeah , it might go MS63" and put it away thinking I may have broke even. I looked at it again a few months later and realized it might be PL, so I sent it in to NGC, thinking I scored.

 

Well, I got the PL, but not the grade I was hoping for, so I still ended up sort of even. Anyway, I now have a PL CC MSD and it looks great with the others.