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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;degradated, post: 957739, member: 26744&quot;]Hey.. thanks for the replies thus far.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are my feelings about the grade too. I feel that it&#039;s in excellent condition on the obverse side (at least XF, if not AU), and the reverse is not worn but muddy due to a bad strike based on the worn die, which would be consistent with this being a genuine coin. How is a coin generally graded? Do they average the condition of obverse/reverse, or does the condition of the obverse weigh more heavily into the equation perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the coin being fake or even harshly cleaned.... I just don&#039;t see how this is possible. It has been sitting in a coin holder since the early 1960&#039;s, and before that was just a coin in circulation that my dad placed in the holder as a young teenager. Why would someone fake this coin back in the 60&#039;s, and put it back into circulation? That doesn&#039;t make sense to me. And it certainly hasn&#039;t been cleaned, unless it was cleaned prior to my dad coming across it almost 50 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s so hard to tell, but I believe the reverse has a slight counterclockwise rotation to it. Also, IMO, the L <i>does</i> butt up against the rim... anyone else agree? Hmmmm.... I sure hope this thing is real. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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