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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phankins11, post: 2130505, member: 70703&quot;]OK, photoscape is our friend...white balanced and auto leveled and side by side</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]405581[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although as [USER=37080]@712[/USER] observed, there are stronger strikes for this year, this is a very nice example of a typical strike. [USER=71723]@V. Kurt Bellman[/USER] is correct about the quality from this time frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>The U.S. mint was under huge pressure to cut costs. They had already stopped production at San Fran and it was for all intents an purposes closed. The mint was also under pressure to save costs at the two other locations. Part of that cost cutting was pushing hubs and dies way beyond their typical usable life span.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin has some really good things going for it; nice clean obverse fields. In my study of higher graded WQs this seems to be one of the biggest determining factors between a 65 and 66-68. The eagle&#039;s breast feathers on the reverse, while not as strong as they can be, are clear and unworn. The talons and both lower wing tip are strong for this year too. The leaf over&nbsp; the A in DOLLAR is very strong and clear as well as the leaf to the left of the arrow tips. These two leaves can very easily be blended into the fields and devices and in a lot of cases not even show well. The mint mark is good and clear too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Things working against the coin are that, while there are no really horrible marks on the face of Washington, there are a few, what look to be, bag marks on the jaw line, chin and just under Washington&#039;s eye, but I can&#039;t tell if that&#039;s in the mylar film of the 2x2 or in the actual coin. This area is also a main focal point of the obverse. There are some small, but less noticeable ticks in the date. On the reverse, what has me mostly worried are the legs of the eagle. Its quite hard to see, but I almost feel like I see some very faint rub on the legs. This is where having the coin in hand is critical. That rub could keep it at MS60 if not make it go AU58 in a hurry. But some times in pics that&#039;s very hard to determine. I&#039;m going to chalk it up to the picture and lack of lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>My optimistic opinion is that it&#039;s a solid 65 for a 1958 Washington.</p><p><br /></p><p>If those marks on George&#039;s face, are not bag marks, but marks in the mylar, and the legs of the eagle do not have any rub, then I feel the coin has a chance at a 66.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the legs on the reverse actual have friction or rub, then this goes to a 60 or 58.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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