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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 17802083, member: 110226&quot;]Beautiful medal!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Europeans would likely grade it an EF, for the US Choice AU?&nbsp; I&#039;m not very good when assigning numbers to grades, part of the reason why I moved to world coins and ancients back in the 1980s. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I say with any coin or medal that you own, if you really like it, the opinion of NGC should not have any effect on how you feel.&nbsp; After all, this is their opinion and only their opinion.&nbsp; Your opinion is really of greater importance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know that there are collectors and investors who &quot;go by the numbers&quot; on NGC and other TPG slabs.&nbsp; That is the be-all and end-all of collecting as far as they are concerned; that&#039;s fine, everyone should follow their own drummer.&nbsp; However, I think much of the fun collecting coins, or anything else for that matter, is holding the coin in hand, acquiring knowledge, experience and coming to feel comfortable with one&#039;s own judgment.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, that is an absolutely wonderful medal, regardless of what the NGC grade is.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see any signs of mount removal or tooling,&nbsp; common problems with this type of item.&nbsp; Aside from some rubbing, the surfaces look fine to me.&nbsp; The toning is also very nice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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