Very nice! I don't see any wear. MS-63 would be my guess. Do you know whose finger print that is on the reverse?
While my experience with lower mint state Jefferson's is limited, that would be my assessment as well.
I don't see the 63 because of his hairlines and reverse windows, but I know you guys are better at grading than me. I just am trying to get better at the grading.
Probably Jason's? (Budgood)... I bought it from him. Actually, I don't think it's a finger print. Not detecting anything like that from my end. I'll have to re-check this baby. The photo of the reverse is terribly "off". I'll re-shoot some more tomorrow. I'm still wading around....trying to find my element (hone my skills) in regard to "smaller" coin photography. Thanks for the comments my friends.....
Coins are grade uncirculated because of the wear (lack thereof), not because detail are or are not present. Just as a for-instance, see http://www.cointalk.com/t145677/. Abe has almost his whole side of his head shaved, but it was not worn away.
The quality of both the 1950-D and 1951-D suffered due to worn dies. Look at the loss of detail associated with die wear on this MS66 1951-D.
Seems your light sources are at 10 o'clock and 6 o'clock. I usually go with 10 and 2. These images are a little dark, especially the reverse across the entire upper half of the coin, but you seem to have eliminated most of the color that was reflecting off the coin from the earlier image. I have a low tech solution for dealing with reflective coins I suggest you try sometime. This can help reflect light toward the coin from the direction of the camera and eliminate reflection of the camera, your fingers, the background, etc. Take a small sheet of white or black paper (depends on what effect you are trying to achieve), in the middle of the paper cut four small slits in a pizza pie/star shape. Make these slits long enough to insert your camera's lens through. This creates a flat white or flat black shield and eliminates a lot of distracting background reflection on the surface of the coin. If you like I can make a diagram or post a pic of how to create this simple paper shield. Slightly raising one edge of a coin from the plane of the lens also helps eliminate reflection of the camera.
