40. I'm not a Buffalo aficionado, is there something special about this particular coin? Is it a "key date?" And is that a die scratch coming off the tip of the Indian's schnoz?
I'd grade it VF35 to EF40. The dies were barely hanging on. I don't know that I'd call it cleaned in any fatal sense. I think it will grade.
Lousy strikes are hard to read. I am going from luster as much as anything else. And luster from a picture .....................
53. Weak strike but not much wear. I would hope that it wouldn't sell for as much as one with a good strike. If I remember right good strikes for this date aren't as hard to find as some of the others like 26s.