I'll have to look it up in the PCGS book , but I'm pretty sure ANA 6th edition says a 67 must be strongly struck .
Nice piece . I never knew the Germans controlled New Guinea as a colony .
Great strike nice luster , looks like a 67 .
Dick , what is that on the top reverse ? I really can't see how it got a 67 with it . The obverse is a 67 but that reverse ?
Went 66 , but could see 67 if those rubs in the right field are magnified .
Whoa! Tough coin . Maybe I'll use a dartboard in the AU grades . I'm suprised they slabbed it with that verdigris .
Sad that it comes to this , but still better to be safe than sorry . A small .38 couldn't hurt either.
Me either , Musta been a Monday morning after a hard weekend of partying . : )
Man PCGS sure is hard on woodies , instead of taking one pt. off I should have taken 2 . I guess it's good if you like woodies though , nice coins...
One commemoritive I'll probably never own . Sure is clean enough and the luster is all there , I agree with Matt , 66 .
Looks 65 to me , but it's a woodie and PCGS for some reason seems to mark them down .
I'm thinking 67 , but those marks bother me a little . Wonder if the pics are magnifying them ?
Sorry about the dust . [IMG] [IMG]
If the obverse rim wasn't so bad that coin would be scary good at 1st glance .
The bottom 2 could be game markers .
Must be one of the rare times the pics hide the nicks , but a 65 no way .
No actually pure sulfuric acid is the best , just don't pull them out with your fingers . lol Or you could use a sandblaster , it gets in those...
Anybody that does this to a nice Bust half , even a common one should be shot . : )
You're right there , it's clean enough for a 67 , but we can only grade on what's on the coin now .
If it was in a secure slab , which most likely it was , they could still ID it by the hits and other telltale signs .
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