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Looks XF40 to me; I lean towards #2 as Eduard's coin .
I'll go with 64, due to the ticks on the cheek and the tiny obv dark spots. I don't think the planchet flaw by star 11 affects the grade.
if it flunks the ping test that is a big red flag. Also when I look at your (very good) photos, the heavily worked over surfaces concern me, this...
Looking at the MS coins on the Coinfacts site, it looks like there are a lot of die polish lines on these that could be taken for cleaning marks....
I really like the green/gold/russet tone around the obv. portrait; my Vermont commem has almost identical toning on both sides. I wonder what...
If you enlarge the images you can see the overall granularity and that the surfaces have been messed with to smooth them out. and the 2 "fang...
I'll guess 66. I just see a few trivial tics. I have the feeling the luster has been thinned a bit from dipping, with some secondary toning on...
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edge reeding on an 1811 half? uh uh.
great thread and I like the part about why the "fish scale" name was applied to the 3 cent silvers.
I thought the trime would grade at 40; perhaps net graded for the abrasions on the rev. I love the O mints! the nickel 3 cent is a lovely...
grading of course is subjective. I think CoinCorgi's piece has more in common with the F12 on PCGS photograde than with the VF20 example they...
I had to go to one of my old "Rosa Americana Ltd" fixed price catalogs to get some idea of how to grade this coin. Based on the plates and Jeff...
Strike seems pretty decent. I would think 58 due to the gray strip down Liberty's left side.
Looks like a nice original Fine to me.
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