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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2392239, member: 1892&quot;]Your lighting has the beneficial effect of really calling out the actual marks on the coin, making a technical evaluation easy. The obverse is undoubtedly MS64, with a case for 65. There&#039;s <i>nothing</i> of note on the cheek, and the marks behind the eye and at neck/jaw junction fade because of their location, as does the chatter in the hair. Those 3 on the neck proper are small. All of them are far less intrusive on a 38mm coin than an image which measures (on my monitor) <b>10&quot; in diameter</b>. We sometimes forget that we grade coins actual-size, and need to develop perspective about huge images <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The fields are nearly pristine. I&#039;d give this one 65 on the spot, but....</p><p><br /></p><p>....the wheelmark through PEACE on the reverse is disturbing, and makes me wonder if I need to consider this a Details coin, much less a 65.&nbsp; Aside that, there&#039;s somewhat-hidden chunks out of the R in DOLLAR and the center of the wing, as well as the highlighted reeding hit on the leg. Again, the fields are unmarked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside the wheelmark (I&#039;m using that as a descriptive term, not a diagnostic one), this coin is a slam dunk MS64 and likely 65. A little less busy on the neck and I&#039;m contemplating 66. With it, I don&#039;t know. It&#039;s a shame, because this is otherwise a <b>good</b> one. You don&#039;t see fields this clean very often.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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