1876 IHC Woodie

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1876 IHC Woodie

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While I like anomaly coins, my Woodie is a great example in why grading a coin can be so difficult. If you can see past the light and dark of the improperly annealed surfaces, you will see a coin that is approaching perfection. One small ding on the cheek and an almost imperceptible mark across the '7'. High luster and Red-Brown, this coin lives in one of the older NGC solid holders.

Care to try to grade it?
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Re: 1876 IHC Woodie

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i'll go .... 66RB ......... ??
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Thanks Paul... I agree, but NGC did not. Came close.
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Re: 1876 IHC Woodie

#4 Unread post by PetesPockets55 »

Just saw this one and was going to say 64 BN. Really nice one with no nicks or dings on the rim.
This is probably a good example of how much importance they place on eye appeal.

(Not to hijack this thread, but I was talking to a friend who has a relative grading for NGC that said that that individual personally graded 4,200 coins at a three day numismatic event a week or two ago. As a bonus they also got to see, in hand, more than a handful of top graded specimens.)

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Nice coin but would not have guessed such a high grade.

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Re: 1876 IHC Woodie

#6 Unread post by mhonzell »

I know eye appeal plays a part in the grade, but I'm amazed that the grader on this coin looked past the "woodie" coloring and saw the actual surface.
Of course, if I sent it in today, I wonder what it would grade?

PS. Just wanted to point out that a close-up photo does this coin an injustice. Held in hand, you almost cannot see the "woodie" effect on the obverse.
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