Man, that's extraordinary! What do you think would keep it from being a 65? Is that a rim bump at 12:00? Maybe just a hint of wear on the bear's cheek, shoulder, and haunch?
Yes exactly, the rim bump and very slight lack of perfect detail on the bear make me believe it would fall short of the magical MS-65. Then again, this coin grades MS-66: And mine has less distracting toning and looks PL in hand, so, who knows. I do intend to find out though by sending it out.
The rim bump doesn't bother me . I figure I'd get a beautiful coin at 63+ money if I collected these .
