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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7332259, member: 105571&quot;]A bit of complexity to my answer.&nbsp; I voted AU-55.&nbsp; I think technical sharpness is AU-58 but I think the TPG knocked it for the old cleaning.&nbsp; Yes, it has recovered nicely from the old-time dipping but that&#039;s not what I&#039;m talking about.&nbsp; I think there are clear cleaning scratchmarks, particularly on the obverse, less so on the reverse.&nbsp; These are parallel marks in the obverse fields and across Liberty&#039;s arms and legs and torso.&nbsp; I&#039;ve marked up a photo below to show the areas in question.&nbsp; My guess is the TPG said it was market-acceptable but kicked it down a grade for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if those scratches are on the slab and not the coin, then I take it all back and it graded AU-58 all day long.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the nice die cracks, it also has a repunched mintmark.&nbsp; 1844 is famous for both.&nbsp; I know you&#039;re not interested in die marriage attribution but if you want to determine it, go online to Bill Bugert&#039;s book at the LSCC website and you can look it up.&nbsp; It&#039;s free and you don&#039;t need to register or join or any of that kind of crudola.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lsccweb.org/BillBugertBooks.php" rel="nofollow">Bill Bugert&#039;s Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Varieties books (lsccweb.org)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Despite what I said, it&#039;s an attractive coin and I love the early silver and copper.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280686[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1280687[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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