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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2584371, member: 1892&quot;]Really wish for higher-resolution images on this one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My eyes are immediately drawn to the flatness of the hand on the obverse. This is a pretty good piece of evidence that strike quality plays a role in the evaluation of &quot;wear&quot; for this face, as a better-struck coin doesn&#039;t lose the between-finger details until much later in the circulation process. So, if I&#039;m thinking that strike plays a role, I have to consider what effect it would have on the appearance of the stars - should I blame some of the weakness I might see on strike?</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is less equivocal; talons, lower feather detail and eagle&#039;s eyebrow and nose are pretty much there. So what looks like &quot;wear&quot; probably <b>is</b>. Except there ain&#039;t much of it. The (eagle&#039;s) right talons are wearing, and the eyebrow and nose have dulled. The other talons are still all there - you can tell that by the very small points of reflected light from them; they&#039;re still well-rounded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surfaces don&#039;t look original. That could be the imaging. The dark-to-light contrast of the fields compared to the devices - the fields almost look &quot;darkened&quot; in the same way a scan shows luster - hints to me that there&#039;s more remaining luster than I might think, and possibly the lighting was at too much of an angle to show it (that happens<i> quickly</i> with increased angle; why aren&#039;t the knees reflecting anything?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I could see the shields in more detail. Even so, I&#039;m gonna reach and say I think it AU55-ish at <b>worst</b> pending better surface evaluation, and I&#039;d have <i>snapped</i> it up at $150.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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