Will this coin grade AU or higher?

[jesbroken]

Hello all,

I'm looking at this coin for a possible buy, is it au or higher?

Thanks,

Jes

[relicsncoins]

Based on the photo, which is not the greatest, detail wise, it looks to be about AU53-55. Tough tell from the photo whether there are any problems with the coin.

 

Considering it's in an NTC 62 slab, I would be suprised if it's problem free.

 

 

 

JJ

[relicsncoins]

Considering it's in an NTC 62 slab, I would be suprised if it's problem free.

 

JJ

[jesbroken]

Thanks, I didn't think it would make unc. grade but I thought it was for sure AU and I didn't really see anything wrong with the coin.

thanks again, Jes

[MarkFeld]

My guess is that the coin grades AU, but if the color in the image is accurate I'm not convinced it's original. The color looks at least somewhat off/wrong for a copper-nickel piece.

[TomB]

In my opinion NTC=stay away.

[Hoot]

The first thing that struck me about the coin was the off-color. I think the coin has been badly re-colored, and would be highly suspicious of it.

 

Hoot

[James_OldeTowne]

I think price will be key here. If you're getting it at a low enough price, say "EF", then I'd say your getting a lot of detail for the money.

[jesbroken]

I think that the color is misleading and is a light issue. I'm attaching another image and as you can see the color is completely different. I have a 1962, 1961, and 1960 and 1959 all in XF and they are pretty much the same only this one is sharper. Thanks again, jes

[BillJones]

The coin has AU sharpness and is nicely struck with diamonds running down the ribbon. But the color is off from what a Mint State coin should be, which could be the result of a cleaning.

 

NTC slabs are something I avoid. Yes, the coin could grade AU at the "big two" services, but the color in photo is accurate, the coin could just as easily get a body bag.

[Hoot]

I re-sized the last picture just to see the color distribution on the coin a bit better. I would definitely say that the coin has been worked on - likely for the spot of verdigris at K2 and perhaps elsewhere. The coin is not worth anything near the details value.

 

Just as an aside, I recently cracked and sold a bunch of matron head cents for a friend. They were all in NTC holders, all badly graded, all un-original for color, most of them cleaned, and two of them counterfeit (but slabbed as genuine). NTC is a horrible service and unreliable as hell. You can cherrypick the coins in their holders but only in person.

 

 

Hoot