GRADE these 3 identical Coins! Vietnam - 1946 5 Hao! Chose the best pls!

GRADE these 3 identical Coins! Vietnam - 1946 5 Hao!

Hi everyone, I would like to get input from people that have more experience grading coins than I! I am posting three coins (front and back) and would like you to rank them from what you think is best to worst. Also, what in your opinion do you think they would/should grade?

These are a 1946 5 Hao from North Vietnam - Rebel Communist State - Milled Coinage (KM# 2.2). Keep in mind that these were made by a rebel government, in Vietnam, in the 40’s lol.


I will tell you that two of these coins are already graded but I don’t want to influence anyone’s opinion so I will wait till later to say which ones and what they graded as (from PCGS).

Thanks for your opinions and input!

 

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3, 2, 1 the first coin has quite a lot of haze in the reverse field so it would be fine, the second i would grade at vf and the third would be xf.

 

It looks like the first has been cleaned (those look like wire brush marks to me), and the 3rd is in slightly better shape than the 2nd. I'm not familiar enough with these coins to give a grade, but it looks like only a marginal bump up from 2 to 3 (IMO).

 

I am pretty sure those are die polish lines. 63, 64, and 64

 

Thanks for the opinions! I was hoping for more people to chime in with that many views but I realize it's not a common coin and there don't seem to be many people who collect Vietnam coins.

#1 and #3 (first and last picture) have both been graded by PCGS and graded as MS-65! I believe 'rlm' is correct. These marks are common on this coin (which may be pronounced on the first coin partially because of the light) and from the die, not cleaning or 'pmd'. If you look from the first coin with these marks to the second, you can see some of the same exact marks! These coins are aluminum and were certainly crudely made by todays standards. Difficult to find in a high grade and a BU example books for $300.

The second coin is the one I would like to get graded but I have a couple issues with it and would like your input on what it is and what effect this would have on grading! I've attached another picture marked '1' and '2' for the areas I'm talking about. Area '1' has a tiny red(ish) spot. Is this likely a spot of tarnish? Could this/should this be removed before grading? What effect would it have on the grade, if any?

Area #2 are areas that appear like small abrasions to me? I feel like it's quite possible that this is something that happened when it was made. It's my understanding that old aluminum coins were notorious for surface issues. What do you make of these spots and the effect that has on the grade of the coin?

Thanks!