GTG: 1936-S Cincinnati (A Special Request)

@heavycam.monstervam wanted to see a Cincinnati for a GTG, so here we are...

What's the grade?

 

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Oh jeez this is tough. I had a 64 once upon a time. It looked a squoze better than this.
Ill go 62 and see if i can dig up my old thread

 

63, nice look

 

Ok found it and was shocked to discover i posted it June 2016. Seems like 4ever ago.
Mine had pockmarks all over the face

 

I'm with Heavycam, 62.

 

What's with the 6 or 9 in the field behind Foster's head?

 

Holy heck!!!

I just noticed mine has the 6/9 also! Never noticed that. I wonder what it's from???

***EDIT*** I just looked on coinfacts, and the P's and D's have the 6/9, but the S's don't. Interesting!

 

Ok, the 6/9 is actually the initials "C O", for Constance Ortmayer, the designer. What a bizarre location for her initials!

 

America's Troubadour, quite a title!!!

 

When i read the question i had no idea either, im glad you looked it up. Ive never heard of one of the mints skipping a designer initial before?? I thought the dies came from philly, so very strange indeed

 

A little more looking, and it seems the initials are there on the S strikes, just further down in coinfacts photos. My guess is the initials were polished off, or grease-filled in those in which they aren't visible. Almost makes the Cincinnati even that much more interesting.

 

63

 

I'm at a 63 on this as well.

 

MS63 for me.

 

63...
there are some marks, but they don’t seem to be in focal areas...nice example!

 

Is a squoze more than a skosh?

 

63

 

MS62

 

63

 

Yes, but less than a smidge