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The Extremely Fine 45 grade can sit frustratingly short of the AU grade. August auctions offered some examples showing how just a touch too much wear or diminished luster can hold a coin at the EF level.
One of only 1,120 1854-D Indian Head gold $3 coins came to the block in the George Schwenk Collection auction of the collector's PCGS Registry Set by Stack's Bowers Galleries.
Stack's Bowers Galleries Aug. 9 offered more of the Fairmont Collection's classic U.S. gold coins in the Rhone Set, which included a PCGS AU-50 1871-CC Coronet gold double eagle, few of which still exist.
The Heritage Auctions Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature Auction will include a pair of 1854-D Indian Head gold $3 coins that are expected to bring attention from collectors looking for a rare piece.
Some wrong planchet errors can be a little tricky to detect, like a 1943 Lincoln cent struck on a planchet intended for a Winged Liberty Head silver dime.