On the sherberts

[Kipster 194]

I found this one whilst trawling the ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225810412829?itmmeta=01J1Z3HYSXY2A64YMXRAZ2JPPW&hash=item349359751d:g:USMAAOSweqtlJD5y

Graded MS65.....I think the grader had one too many sherberts at lunchtime before his afternoon shift...

[copper123 1,434]

Worth more like $82 while its had little wear the coin appears badly struck and would be difficult to sell in this condition - is this one of the better grading houses in the us or are they "Cowboys"?

[Kipster 194]

It's one of the two main graders in the states. I've seen MS65 graded farthings before, bit this is nowhere near the condition of those. Continuity isn't a strong point.

[ozjohn 607]

With this one I think NGC could have been a bit more generous.

Edited July 7 by ozjohn
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[VickySilver 806]

On 7/4/2024 at 10:53 AM, Kipster said:

I found this one whilst trawling the ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225810412829?itmmeta=01J1Z3HYSXY2A64YMXRAZ2JPPW&hash=item349359751d:g:USMAAOSweqtlJD5y

Graded MS65.....I think the grader had one too many sherberts at lunchtime before his afternoon shift...

TBH, I think many of the issues with this coin are in the planchet and are pre-strike, and surfaces such as the fields are quite nice actually. Not here to defend the price and also that they frequently seem a bit more than simply "subjective" in their grading.