Grading my seated quarter

I was into coins years ago, got away and now I'm back. I bought this 53 seated quarter Thursday, first one in years. Love the details and as coin_nut said, it has character. I've never been good at grading but I'm saying very fine 30. School me please.
I'm hoping to use this as a guide as I'm going back to check out the 53 seated half dime and dime that was there.
Any opinions will help. Thanks.

 

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I love that piece. I am awaiting arrival of my first arrows and rays quarter right now. Character? Absolutely! And I agree with your VF assessment. But I would add 100 plus coolness factor.

 

Nice look to it, but it appears bent. Does it wobble when you lay it on a flat surface?

 

No, its flat. I think it's just the light and toning

 

I hope I’m wrong, however at first glance it looks like a Chinese fake. Have you weighed it or performed any other tests for authenticity?

 

Ok. Weighs 6.2 and magnet has no effect

 

Is it a rare-earth magnet and how are you using it?

 

The coin is real. I still suspect bent, though. The creases mirror each other. 10 to 7 o'clock and 2 to 4 o'clock.

 

I am like @C-B-D. This one looks fully authentic to me. What about it raises red flags to you?

 

Yours is like mine in that the reverse looks better than the obverse.

 

The toning pattern looks like the few Chinese fakes I’ve been unlucky enough to purchase. Granted, similar toning is seen on some authentic coins, however this one just jumped out at me for some reason.
The fakes that I owned (and was able to return) weighed correctly and had no magnetic attraction, however they were not dimagnetic. In other words, they failed the magnet slide test.
This coin could very well be authentic, but my first thought was that it’s probably not.
Please don’t rely exclusively on my opinion, though.

 

Oh no. I wasn’t doubting your take on this one at all. I am always looking to educate my own counterfeit detection abilities. Heck, us casual hobbyists have to stay on our “A” game these days!

 

I've layed it on a flat surface. On both sides with a light behind. I've seen no light underneath. Also I've touched it with a toothpick to see if it causes the opposite side to rise.

 

As I stated in my 1st post here, I do hope that my opinion is wrong!
Wingnut: if it passes the magnetic slide test and “rings” like a known authentic US silver coin of similar date, then I’d consider it to be real.

 

One thing about the obverse, even with all the wear, u can see she is still smiling. Lol

 

Well it has the ring, but please explain the slide test.

 

To save space here, cut & paste this into your favorite search engine: “magnetic slide test silver coin”. Your coin should slide down the face of a high-powered magnet a bit more slowly than a non-silver (and non-magnetic) coin would.

 

The die crack coming off the left arrow is a common feature on this date. That's another reason to believe it genuine.

 

Well, until I get a better magnet, I'm gonna say it's real. I have a bar magnet, and did the slide test on 2 silver coins I pulled from the ground years ago. And they slid quick.
Thanks all for the comments. Been a learning experience.
The more I look at this coin, the more I love it. It's now my oldest coin. Gonna start looking into pre civil war coins. I have 4 now.

 

To Wingnut6999. She smiles, mysteriously, like the Mona Lisa.