My Latest; 1925 Norse American medal - What do you grade it?

Picked up this raw 1925 Norse American Medal (Thick) last week. There was also a thin, and I was going to get both, but the thin had an ugly scratch (see last pic) on the reverse that I thought might details it, so I went with just the thick.

I was putting this at AU58 initially, but now that I have it in hand, and compare it to my MS62 (Thin) and MS63 (Thick), I think it may go higher then either of those.

What's you're thoughts? I do realize this isn't a common coin that everyone is familiar with, but thought I'd throw it out there.

The New one:



MS62:




MS63 (Thick):




And the thin with the scratch (Congress) that i passed on:

 

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That is cool looking.

 

Something about it gives me AU 58 vibes as well (but if there is no wear, then it should be unc). There looks to be less disturbance/hits/marks in the fields compared to the MS 63. I've seen a few of these in auctions and sometimes lower graded examples look better than higher graded ones.
I'll go with an MS 64 prediction.

 

Nice acquire. Every time I see one, I think about biding on it, but so far, I've resisted as I need other commemoratives for my collection.

 

Good pass on the thin.

That scratch would bother me forever.

 

I bid on it until it got to where I felt comfortable. The winner was one increment up, and he/she still got it at a decent (not great, but decent) price. But, yes, that scratch was enough where I knew to bid the coin, not the win.

The thick one I got cheap.

 

Sounds like you made the right call. Even a details grade (for the scratch) is worth it if the price is low enough (they sell and one can use the proceeds to fund future pickups).

 

Quite a few tiny dings/marks but not enough to put it below MS60 IMO, that's a very interesting coin that I have not seen before!