Gem - Applied to an Uncirculated or Proof coin, denotes "flawless" and suggest "high aesthetic quality."
Gem BU - Synonym for Gem Brilliant Uncirculated.
Gem
Adjectival description applied to Mint State and Proof-65 coins. It also is used for higher grades and as a generic term for a superb coin.
Gem Uncirculated (Gem Unc)
The adjectival equivalent of Mint State 65 or 66.
Gem: an exceptionally beautiful and well struck coin.
Gem Uncirculated: a grade range of 65 to 66 on a scale of 1 to 70.
Gobrecht dollar: U.S. Silver Dollars designed by Christian Gobrecht and struck from 1836 to 1839.
Gem Unc Short for Gem Uncirculated.
Gem Uncirculated The adjectival equivalent of Mint State 65 or 66.
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Gem Mint State (MS-65)
There is a definite look of quality to an MS-65 coin that easily distinguishes it from lower grades of Mint State. On initial examination, with the naked eye, the piece will appear nearly perfect.
Gem/Gem BU
Used in a generic sense to describe a high-quality coin. In a more specific definition, "gem" refers to a coin GRADING 65 or 66 on the SHELDON SCALE.
Gem Proof 1896 Double Eagle
1918 1896 Proof-65 (PCGS). Another memorable gem coin, a piece which comes about as close to perfection as we have ever seen on a Proof of this date.
Gem Quality Auction Value
Bright silvery-blue surfaces with splashes of soft golden toning describes this gem quality Washington quarter. A particularly nice quarter free of any distracting marks and abrasions from contact with other coins.
gem BU -A gem quality brilliant uncirculated coin. Indicates that this uncirculated coin displays original mint luster and is extremely attractive for the type of coin.
GEM UNCIRCULATED: A flawless uncirculated note. It is bright, crisp, well centered, free from any traces of handling. and has no folds, creases or bent corners.
gem: a generic term used for an excellent coin
grade: coins are graded on a numeric scale to represent the quality and preservation of the coin. This scale is used to describe condition. It can also be used to establish prices.
Gem
This is a coin of exceptionally high condition.
Grade
This is the condition of a coin or amount of wear that a coin has received. Read more about grading here.....
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Gem Uncirculated (Mint State-65)
With the exception of one issue, the 1851-C gold dollar, Mint State-65 coins from the Charlotte Mint are virtually unknown.
Gem
A non-standard grading term used to describe a flawless coin struck from dies used for normal circulation coinage.
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GEM = Gem Uncirculated
SILVER COINS : A hint of flatness of strike. Just a few detracting marks may be visible to the naked eye. Insignificant die cracks may be present. Almost full mint lustre is evident.
gem
Refers to mint, near mint and other coins in superb condition.
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Gem Uncirculated - A grade of a coin struck for circulation. I consider this to be the highest grade that a coin can achieve.
Gem -
An adjective which the A.N.A. applies to coins which grade Mint State or Proof-67. Many dealers, however, apply the adjective to any coin which they grade MS/Proof-65.
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GEM BU
An uncirculated coin with superior lustre, typical or better strike, and nearly flawless. Usually equated to the numerical grade of MS-65.
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GEM BU Roll 50 ~ 1940 Lincoln Cents ~ HUGE Pics! RED !
1909 was a year of many "firsts." U.S. Navy engineer Robert E. Peary became the first man to reach the North Pole.
Gem Brilliant Uncirculated
Each Platinum Maple Leaf Coin in this release is guaranteed to arrive to you in Gem Brilliant Uncirculated Condition.
Gem - A coin of exceptionally high quality.
Glow Lines - Microscopic lines in the surface of a coin resulting from the outward flow of metal during the striking process.
Gem specimens of all four issues exist, but many stellas saw use as jewelry or pocket pieces and show impairments of some kind. Friction on the design will first show on the face of Liberty on the obverse and on the star on the reverse.
Gem
An adjective that the A.N.A. applies to coins which grade Mint State or Proof-67. Most dealers, however, apply the adjective to any coin which they grade MS/Proof-65.
Gem BU
Synonym for Gem Brilliant Uncirculated.
Gem Uncirculated (or FDC-Fleur de coin): Perfect mint state.
Uncirculated (Unc.) : In new condition but may show very slight signs of handling though not of wear.
Gem - Applied to an Uncirculated or Proof coin or note, denotes "flawless" and suggest "high aesthetic quality." ...
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Prior to 1987, Gem was equated by the ANA to a coin grading 67 on a 70 point scale. Simultaneously, other coin market activists equated Choice to 65 or 66 on a 70 point scale.
A gem example of this enigmatic pattern. It is just like the regular Copper-Nickel issue, but on a thin planchet. This is a R7 pattern and is quite unusual.
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This gem example is dated 1913, and is one of 2.88 million struck. It was in this year that the newly elected President of Mexico, Francisco Madero was assassinated and a repressive dictator, ...
MS-65 A Gem Brilliant Uncirculated coin. . An above average Uncirculated coin specimen. This coin may be brilliant or lightly toned with very few contact marks on the surface or rim.
Gem BU - A beauty of a coin ! Means GEM quality Brilliant Uncirculated coin. Indicates that this uncirculated coin shows mint brilliance and is extremely attractive for the type of coin. Some might say it sparkles like a "GEM".
LEG XIII GEM
Legion XIII Gemina was stationed at Apulum in Dacia. It is important for collectors to distinguish carefully issues of this scarce legion from the common Legion XIIII Gemina Marti Victrix.
Note that gem uncirculated Barber, Walking Liberty, and Franklin half dollars are worth considerably more than their silver value.
SUPERLATIVE GEM UNCIRCULATED - A virtually flawless coin, exactly as it was minted and it has no trace of wear or unusual striking traits.
CHOICE GEM UNCIRCULATED - A virtually flawless coin with very minor imperfections.
Gem
- a beauty of a coin. One with unusually high quality. Gem BU - A beauty of a coin ! Means GEM quality Brilliant Uncirculated coin.
Gem Coin of exceptionally high condition. Grade The condition of a coin or amount of wear that a coin has received.
Acci, COL. IVL. GEM(ella) ACCI, 5
C. I. G. ACCI, 5
COLON. ACCI, 5
Caesaraugusta, C. C. A., 5 ...
1854 Gold Dollar - Gem Proof
Images courtesy of David Akers Numismatics, Inc.
SMALL INDIAN HEAD GOLD DOLLARS (1854-1889)
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At first he proposed but two: Choice and Gem. Apostles, like Q. David Bowers, hoped to affix a third: Select. However, Select failed to adhere. Then, when God's adjectives proved inadequate, a numbering system was devised.
Finding Gem British coins are especially difficult because of this problem. CAM Short for Cameo. Also, PCGS grading suffix used for 1950 and later Proofs that meet cameo standards.
This brilliant gem, the production of the early Greek mint, is from the collection of the late Mr. Abraham Edmonds, of Castle Street, Southwark; and by the special permission of Mrs. Edmonds, here engraved.
Some form of rotary drill used with a slurry or paste made of gem dust could accomplish the basic engraving. Further "sanding" and polishing could refine the image. How these celators accomplished the minute detail without magnification is a mystery.
Originality and attractive surfaces will weigh heavy for a gem grade as do marks and location. Must be well struck for date with very good luster.
'Improved' gem graded pennies QE2 pennies that they want $200 for will be worth $20. I think you're seeing this sort of phenomenon on Ebay right now.
1909-P VDB LINCOLN CENT, ANACS MS-66 RED, premium gem, with frosty mint blazing fresh full red and satin surfaces. They rarely get much better. For example, as a few years ago PCGS/ANACS/NGC had graded very few higher, and only at MS-67.
Mint State was called 60; Choice, 65; and Gem became 70. Later, 70 transmuted into Superb Gem (a glorious new adjective). Finally, the ultimate grade of 70 evolved to mean God's Own Perfection.
I am reminded of a Maryland gentleman who wanted a gem example of an MCMVII (1907) High Relief $20. In 1955, when the market price was around $300, he wanted to pay $200. When the price rose to $1,000, he would have been a buyer at $800.
Gem Uncirculated was roughly equivalent in usage to BU at that time.
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Like the time a dozen years ago when, at an otherwise ho-hum convention, I plucked from the inventory of one of America's shrewdest and most successful dealers a pair of obvious specimen proof 1927 nickels - marked gem uncirculated and a few hundred ...
The coins were graded as Choice Extremely Fine, Choice BU and Gem BU. The owner of these coins was an experienced collector and a skilled grader. In my opinion, all the coins were correctly graded using the terms and measures of the time.
A quick dip in Jewel Luster produced the most stunning, blazing white semi-prooflike gem early U.S. silver coin I had ever seen! Really, nothing had changed except the eye-appeal factor.
* Brilliant Uncirculated is the best, but terms such as choice BU, gem BU, select BU and premium BU may add more worth to your divine treasure. We know of a choice BU 15-piece silver proof set selling for $149.50 and well worth the purchase price.
This grade is also called "Gem" or "Gem Mint State" or "Gem BU." There may be scattered marks, hairlines or other defects, but they will be minor. Any spots on copper coins will also be minor.
Aburi Gem (Cr 244/1)
Roma head right, GEM behind
/quadriga right, driven by Mars with trophy in right, holding reins, spear and shield in left
CAB VI below, ROMA in exergue
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However, when prices for Gem quality coins began soaring in the late 1970s, some unscrupulous operators no longer delivered circulated coins that had been whizzed or were sliders. A new pattern emerged.
in Roman imperial times, that the coin or gem engraver becomes known to the lI'orld as an object ofrespect.
Gem - Or Mint State 65. A coin that is well struck, has above average eye appeal with minimal bagmarks.
Superb Gem - Or Mint State 67. A coin with tremendous eye appeal. Must be fully struck and have very few noticeable bag marks.
Choice Uncirculated (Choice Unc or Choice BU)
Gem Brilliant Uncirculated (Gem BU)
The last 3 grades in this list are approximately equivalent overall, but they may have held a higher or lower meaning to a particular dealer or auction firm.
Sixty is the base grade in this area, 63 is the lowest designation for "choice," 64 choice +, 65 the lowest category of "gem," 66 is gem +, 67 is "superb gem" and anything 67 and higher, are coins to dream about.
Should we buy only choice, gem uncirculated coins? Like so many things in coin collecting, it's a matter of opinion. Each collector sets his or her goals and goes on from there.
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