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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2475154, member: 24314&quot;]Lets play coin grading seminar AND I&quot;M NOT TALKING DOWN TO YOU or any others here.&nbsp; Consider this just an opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what I&#039;ve learned &amp; how I learned it.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Look at the coin.&nbsp; Describe the amount of original mint luster you see in words.&nbsp; That should get you into the &quot;ballpark&quot; as far as a grade.&nbsp; We cannot tip and rotate the coin so from the photos I&#039;ll say <span style="color: #ff0000">very much</span>.&nbsp; A coin with very much luster <span style="color: #ff0000">STARTS at XF</span>.&nbsp; Modern commercial grading will call a coin with just a little luster XF!&nbsp; This is nuts to us old timers but that is the way it is. </p><p>Therefore, IMHO, anyone who grades this coin VF is not qualified to take Grading 102.&nbsp; Students who say XF are just conservative.&nbsp; So IMO, XF-45 to AU-50.</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: <span style="color: #00b359">Since you can see the tiny amount of luster in the eye, how do you miss the MASSIVE amount behind the motto?&nbsp; I&#039;m confused.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>2. Let&#039;s look at the details present.&nbsp; One place I&#039;ll look is the leaf detail below the eagle.&nbsp; It&#039;s all there with luster too.&nbsp; One thing that may be causing a low ball opinion is the fact that this coin is weakly struck - borderline flat strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The marks kill it.&nbsp; Therefore My AU-50.&nbsp; Otherwise the wear grade is XF-45 for the conservative folks but that&#039;s used for &quot;Choice surfaces.&quot;&nbsp; This coin is not &quot;choice&quot; it is XF typical = XF-40.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m AU-50.&nbsp; The XF guys will get no argument.&nbsp; The VF guys are way too low (remember, JMO).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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