The Official Grading Experiment Phase 2, #6

At the conclusion of Phase 1 around Christmas, I began to think that the photos I was using (from Heritage) might be biasing the grading guesses. So, I want to host Phase 2. I will again be using standardized photos, but this time I'll be using PCGS TrueViews. Again, we will stick to problem free US coins.

So, let's grade some more coins!

All you have to do is guess the grade! I will be attaching a poll to each thread. Please select the grade that you think best represents the coin (to avoid bias, please select your grade before viewing the rest of the thread).

Also please post your opinions about the coin, and it would be most educational if you could explain why you chose the grade you did.

We're going to cover a wide range of material, and some of it may be out of your wheelhouse. However, if you are a confident grader, you should be able to accurately grade almost any coin.

 

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Rub in the fields, loss of luster on the high points. AU-58.

I would not be surprised if this was grade-flated to 62

 

I went with 62.

 

58

 

Voted 62.
Should be 58 due to wear.

 

58. Luster breaks on wreath & cheek and in obverse fields. I think I see hints of wear on the leaves of the obverse wreath. It looks like the "O" of dollar has taken a hit but that could just be my eye or a bag jostle.

 

A half dollar anyone would be proud to own. I'm at AU58 due to the wear.

 

MS63

 

AU58 too much rub/wear. The fields and devices all show signs of light circulation.

 

AU wear58 Appears to have wear on obverse.

 

Super clean 58. The break in luster.

 

55...I see wear; I could see it being a 58, but the hit under the eye and some other hits in the cheek area appear to prevent a 58 (at least to me)

 

I'm not seeing a luster break anywhere. Light scuffs in the fields, yes, but no luster breaks on the high points. Lots of marks on the cheek, much more prevalent than anything on the quarter. 62

 

This one seems to have greatest spread of vote with two distinct camps: 55/58 or 62/63.


Will be fun to see the answer.

 

I don't see any luster breaks, so it's a mint-state coin. There are a fair number of scuffs, but no heavy hits. The luster appears decent from the pictures. 63.

 

62. Muted luster with some market acceptable breaks for MS.

 

I'm going with a 63

 

I'm going with a 64 since it matches my age.

 

63