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I'm gonna say XF45.

 

45 & cleaned

Edit: By cleaned I mean overdipped.

 

Xf 40/45

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Ugh these suck to grade. AU-50 not cleaned

 

Yeah, they do...that's why I'm asking the experts.

 

I think XF is being generous.

Chris

 

That's a tough one vf/xf ???

 

Honestly, I'm going to assume that the lighting is to blame (causing too many hairlines/nicks to look bigger than they look in "real life") and say it could be an AU53-55. If you make me choose one, I'll say 55.

I had an NGC XF45 that looked much, much worse.

 

45. Could have made 50 though

 

That's what I felt like too. I think this coin probably looks much less "cleaned" in hand.

 

XF45, but appears to have been vigorously dipped.

 

45 or 50.

 

45 and either it is your picture or that has been cleaned.

 

EF-45 details. Cleaned.

 

It's an AU-53 straight graded...I forgot to put it in my watch list and can't find the dang coin this am! From Eternity coins in Boston

 

Nice. I knew it would most likely be straight graded but I though it would top out at 50. It probably looks a bit better in hand

 

It certainly looked cleaned to me...or messed with in some way.

 

Having photographed a few coins, I've run across that issue - you see it in hand, then you take the photo and you think, "Ugh, is that the same coin?" Kind of like looking at a toned coin in natural sunlight and then under an undiffused IKEA Jansjo light. Yikes.

 

It's possible the photograph makes it look worse. I bought a modern business strike coin some time ago that was graded by NGC with a "PL" designation. I had always wanted a modern PL circulation coin...and the price was low so I jumped on it. The photos of the coin in the eBay add looked horrible...as if someone had taken a piece of steel wool to it. I took a chance because I trusted NGC and the price was low enough. What did I get...a lovely PL coin that looks great in hand. But, when you photograph it (if not really careful)...you get a really ugly look. It's really hard to photograph accurately.

That said, this is a key date Morgan and I have seen a bunch of...questionable coins in slabs. So, it'd be interesting to see it in hand.