Can anyone tell me if this 1896-o will go ms-60?

According to david bowers, the strike for this year and mark is: below average, insipid, and unnatractive. The fields are relatively clean, and as a result, I can't decide if this coin is an au-58 or ms-60. Any opinions?

 

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Btw, this coin has really nice luster, despite what is showing in the pictures.

 

I'm going to suggest it could be MS-60 from the scans because I have noticed that scans always wash out the finer details of the hair and breast feathers when the coin is weakly struck. That said it might be a high AU. Either way it looks like a very nice coin.

 

The hair and breast have slightly better details than what the scan shows, but not much better.

 

Looks like AU-58.

 

Z-Man,

As you know if it's been in circulation... yada, yada, yada, but if it hasen't seen the pocket or saddle bag then it can be practally beat to heck and be MS-60 (the worse Mint State possible). That coin could go AU-58 or MS-63/64 easy

Bone

 

If it has lots of luster, it should grade 60. I don't see wear. You have the coin in hand and would be able to make the best determination of wear and thus an AU versus MS grade...Mike

 

Nice Morgan.If that's not wear I see on the breast,yes It could go for MS-60 or higher,but If it is wear it's definitely AU-58. B12

 

The Details are decent i.e. the grain in the hair and the hairlines but I would go with AU-58 because of the ridge condition. But I cant really pinpiont what the luster is....so i would go with AU-58

 

I do not see that darker gray that characterizes wear. I call it mint state but I would have to see it in person before I paid ms money.