1866-S No Motto Half Dollar, Thoughts?

It's definitely worth grading it. Show us what the TPG slab looks like when you get it back.

 

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I hope I'm wrong but I don't think they will slab it, even as details.

 

I think harshly cleaned and in between vf 35/xf 40 details. I agree with the cleaned dug coin as the fields look scrubbed with a wire brush

 

I don’t believe this coin is a fake. Here’s a fake no-motto seated half I own. The dies for these were computer-generated and probably carved using a CNC mill.

That’s actually a clash mark and not a break. Very common on no-motto halves.

 

I think it is genuine, but with tooling/whizzing on the obverse.

 

Sorry, I took it to be a dollar without looking at the reverse fully.

 

I compared it to 4 genuine coins on Coinfacts and there seem to be some common die markers. Not sure if only one die was used for the rather small mintage.

Obverse has a die line running from the pole toward the head just below the pinky finger.

Reverse has a die crack between D and S. There is a die line running from the left wing vertical into the field. There is also a die line running from the right talon toward the eagles right leg. Also as mentioned the clash marks in the shield appear on all 4 genuine coins.