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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 2596333, member: 5233&quot;]Honestly, I&#039;m going to say AU53.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s why.&nbsp; The 1885-O is one of those dates with a very wide range of strikes...some are really good and some are really bad...and a lot are in between.&nbsp; I would say this coin has a nicer strike...but it&#039;s totally fully struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there is definitely wear on the hair above the ear and some on the cap.&nbsp; Some of the flatness seen there is the less than full strike...but the dull grey look of the coin in those areas is the loss of luster due to wear.&nbsp; So, with this coin showing wear it cannot grade above an AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, then what AU is it.&nbsp; To me, this coin is a low AU...I might even say technically an AU50.&nbsp; The reason is, it has a ton of hits.&nbsp; There are hits all along the neck and jaw of Liberty and a few in the fields.&nbsp; Despite this, the coin has lovely eye appear due to the toning so I think that will help it. The reverse has fewer hits than the obverse and that helps as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, for those reasons...I&#039;m going to say AU53.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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