Why is this coin a 62?

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My guess is they couldn't bring themselves to give it a 58

 

+1

 

Tha cheek looks good but there's that huge whack on the foe head and hair probably why the 62 I'd have given it no more than a 63 cause of that

 

Kinda grainy surfaces too like its been over dipped

 

More than average damage on the rims seems as good a reason as any for the lower grade.

 

Yeah I think the muted luster has something to do with it.

 

Weaker than normal strike for this year.

 

This is my 1887. It was graded PCGS MS64+.

 

That's what I was thinking. The AU58 and MS62 grades are almost interchangeable in that, if the grader is not "sure" that what is being seen is the result of a weak strike or actual wear, then it gets a 62.

If the luster is "for sure" gone on the high areas of the coin then it gets a 58.

Keeping in mind that a weakly struck coin may not have mint luster on the high spots which, presumably, did not fill the die.

 

And that's a quality coin good strike good color and one scrape on the cheek away from a 65

 

That is a positively rotten strike for an 87 too they made 20 million bad strike plus bad surfaces I'd walk away not like its a hard date to find

 

heavy hits on the face...right grade

 

Plus, on the OP's coin, it displays a nice clashed die too.