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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1712036, member: 11521&quot;]Although the difference between the numbers &#039;58&#039; and &#039;62&#039; is slight the difference between a coin graded AU-58 and a coin graded MS-62 is huge. </p><p><br /></p><p>AU-58 is the highest grade for a circulated coin. It will show only the slightest bit of circulation wear; it will have very, very few contact marks; and it will have almost full mint luster. An AU-58 coin will have great eye appeal. If the coin had not circulated it would have probably graded MS-65 or higher. </p><p><br /></p><p>MS-62 is near the lower end of mint state grades. While it is strictly an uncirculated coin it will have terrible eye appeal. It will have very little or greatly diminished luster and it will have tons of contact marks. MS-60 is the lowest grade for an uncirculated coin. An MS-60 coin will be ugly and will probably look like it spent a week in a parking lot. An MS-62 won&#039;t look much better - but it is still uncirculated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin has circulation wear so MS grades are out. It is not AU-58. It has very, very little luster (based on your images) and has much too much circulation wear to grade that high. (Yes, I do see strike weakness but I also see wear.) I think the grade is closer to XF-45 or AU-50.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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