I can't say I'm perfectly comfortable with the appearance of the surfaces, although the bluish background (assuming you were shooting on white) is evidence that the color is not perfect and therefore potentially deceptive. From a strict technical standpoint, the grade looks to be in the upper range of EF and possibly AU50. That would put the value of an original piece in the near-$100 range, a bit better in a slab.
My "roughlies" suck but 55 -75$ range in that condition!! The green scares me off of a higher number. Plus remember, it's only worth what the buyer will pay - all the coin value books in the world are just a reference point!!!
Not in my opinion, but that's why we toss this back and forth a bit on the OP's behalf. Being the first responder, I wasn't about to just declare it a Details coin without further opinion.
Plenty of meat on the bone.....however the surface would cause me to pass. Way to much going on with the surfaces .
True! But pictures on here are rarely what the coin in hand actually looks like so I always go with the low end that the supplied pics show and it can go up from there!!
It could use a little verdicare help, but otherwise a nice original piece with a decent strike (for what appears to be what Breen calls State III) and an overall nice looking piece. It has much better color than my example from the Missouri Cabinet/Eric Newman Collection which NGC correctly noted as whizzed.
Thanks guys. That was fun. Plus, I'm learning alot about coins. I'll try to get better photos from now on.
