GTG 1918 Illinois Centennial

My last purchase of 2020:

 

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Very nice! MS-66

 

Out on a limb. MS66.

 

I don't know anything about this coin but I love the reverse. Very impressive . I give it a MS65

 

Nice one! MS65

 

+1

 

From those pictures, I don't see anything holding it back from a 66, and possibly even better.

 

Reverse is a 66, but there are hits on Abe's nose that I find distracting enough along with the hits on the date, and the marks in the field that I think will hold it to:

MS65

 

I'll be conservative at MS 65
(although I can see the case for MS 66)

 

65

 

MS66

 

I'll play, first thought MS66, second look, still a 66.

 

MS66

 

MS65

The reverse looks 68.

 

To me, both sides of this design are very well-executed. No attempt to make the bust more "photogenic". Heckuva coin!

 

I'm not a qualified evaluator, but i have seen some dreadfully hacked-up coins with MS numbers. This one is super clean to my untrained eye.

 

Nice 65

 

The reverse is extremely nice, I'd call it 67. The obverse is a 65 I think. I think the multiple hits on the date are the primary holdback from a 66.

So, I think it's a 65. Quite nice photographs BTW. How did you get that little gray edge shadow effect?

 

That is a PCGS true view photo.

 

MS65 and here is my last purchase, but the year ain't over yet. LOL