Depends. Do Canadian coins count as "US" or "World" for grading? If we use US standards, it's about VF35/XF40. There's a lot of detail missing on the tail. By world standards, Fine+/Very Fine, I'd suppose. In any event, basically splitting hairs over a $2 coin. Lack of luster, rim damage and weird wear patterns might be enough to get a details grade, though.
I remember you advertising your own grading service, Tim. You shouldn't need any help at all with this. Just because you went away for a while doesn't mean we'll forget.
From my limited experience hereabouts and submitting a couple of coins and comparing them to feedback, standards in grading have changed such that old-school numismatists and TPGs may differ in their grading by an entire grade (up to 10 points). This is not to say that either is wrong, but simply that grading standards are not as fixed as some want to believe. That being the case, I am not knowledgeable about this particular coin, but it may be worth distinguishing between old-school and new-school grading.
I'll say AU, depending on what that is running across the jaw line and towards the chin. Is there something there?
Details with the hairlines, rim issues, and whatever is going on under his eye. One more thread showing the problems with grading by pictures, you have no idea if the other 38 is a weak strike with tons of luster, and it's that luster which sets apart xf from AU IMHO.
