Sunday afternoon guess the grade and Overton!

[jtryka]

Haven't done this in a while, but just got these two in the mail, so let's see who can guess the grade and Overton! By the way, the dealer I bought these from apparently misattributed the second one.

[RWB]

F O-105a

[Nutmeg Coin]

Grades between XFand AU.

[$ilverHawk]

I have the 1820 as an O-105 XF40 and the 1826 as O-107 XF45. Would need to have coins in hand to be positive of attribution.

 

Carl

[okbustchaser]

I have the 1820 as an O-105 XF40 and the 1826 as O-107 XF45. Would need to have coins in hand to be positive of attribution.

 

Carl

 

Attributions look to be correct, but I think you're a little high on grades...I would call the '20 a VF-35 while the '26 barely makes XF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Of course, I've been accused of being wrong before, but the accusation was false. )

[jtryka]

Well, my photos probably don't help much with the grading efforts either. The 1820 is an O-105a, so very close, but it does have the impressive die crack across the obverse. This one was graded XF-40 by NGC, which I think is fair given the amount of luster remaining in the protected areas. The 1826 was a fun one as it was mis-attributed as an O-120a, but I immediately knew that was wrong (apparently the extensive die breaks on the reverse made them attribute without looking at the obverse), but it is in fact an O-107. This one was graded AU-50 by PCGS (aren't they supposed to be more conservative?), to me it's probably a good XF, but was given a bump for color.

[physics-fan3.14]

Those grades seem optimistic to me, based on the pictures - but the 1826 is quite attractive.