When grading a coin, it is important to take into account the average strength of strike. For instance, there are several years of SLQs that have...
I concur. I blew it on that one....Mike
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Here we go again.
Bone, I think you misunderstood me -- I don't mean originality as in real/countefeit, but originality as in AT/NT....Mike p.s. I am well aware...
AU-ish.
I would wonder why such an expensive coin wasn't slabbed, and suspect the coin's originality to be in question....Mike
Au 62
Agreed.
Does anyone else see the conflict in "MS70, lightly struck"??? ;)
MS I-can't-grade-from-your-pictures Squint real tight, hold both your thumbs and forefingers together until there is just a pinhole and look...
VF details, looks real to me, and no idea on variety.
MS 65 is my guess, but a 64 wouldn't surprise me. Reverse is a lock 65, but the obverse has a bit too much cheek friction for a 65 in my...
p.p.p.s. Market grading doesn't grade coins, it ranks them.
p.p.s. I think the ANA standards are too focused on detail grading for a number of series -- including buffs. Said simply, the ANA standards...
p.s. the classic "weakly struck" versus "detail visible" debate is prevalent in all of the above systems. I see both sides of the argument, but...
I prefer the way EAC grades and values coins to the current technical or market grading systems. So there!
I vote greedy.
Looks like a solid 65 to me.
Conder (as usual) is correct, take out of 2x2 to get a better picture, and I agree it looks like a 9/6.
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