$20 Liberty, guess the grade

I have been looking for am 1881-S for sometime and came across this example, can you guess the grade ? for a bonus can you tell me what historically happened that year?
first correct answer will get something from my MPC grab bag, good luck

 

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Nice coin, gold gets banged up easy. I'd guess MS62, made the same year Garfield was assasinated.

 

MS-62.
Garfield the cat is dead? Really?

 

OH, no not the guy on "Parking WARS"
I'll go with MS62 also

 

@ToughCOINS
I was thinking that till I noticed the holder, that's why I went with 62.
But hey I've been wrong before

 

MS61 and in 1881 my grandgranddaddy was born

 

Old grading standards: MS-60
With Grade Inflation: MS-62

 

ODIE did it

 

Ms 63. Statue of liberty

 

I was thinking 61 myself.

 

MS62? both president Garfield and Billy the Kid were shot and killed that year.

 

I was thinking AU-55 to 58. Not very good at grading gold but what looks like wear in the hair and in several locations on the reverse has me at an AU grade.

 

I would say AU-55. I have a few pieces that are graded AU-58 which are nicer.

 

Technically you only get one answer event though 55-58 was mentioned in a previous post, I will give both pub and John an equal chance as the coin is an A/U 55

 

tie breaker, which was part of the bonus earlier, the first one that can tell me
the historical event that took place in 1881 wins all the marbles good luck

 

I was at 58. Nice for an au.