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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3612429, member: 19165&quot;]Strike: Not great, not terrible. 64 - 66 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luster: Pretty good in these images, but it shows signs of weakness. It is not full and blazing throughout. 64-65 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eye Appeal: Quite attractive, with some exceptions. The reverse toning is quite nice. The obverse toning isn&#039;t anything to write home about, but it has a pleasant color (unusual on nickel). The eye appeal killer here are the many flyspecks (hair, feather, cheek, under the nose, obverse field, and buffalo&#039;s rump). My eye was drawn to them immediately, and I consider them a negative. 65-ish range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Contact marks..... prolific. Tiny tickmarks cover the coin, in focal and non-focal areas. There aren&#039;t any big marks, but there are a lot of tiny marks. There don&#039;t appear to be as many marks in the obverse fields, which is good, but there are quite a few on the reverse under the bull. Way too many marks for a high grade. 64, tops.</p><p><br /></p><p>All this is pointing to a 64 coin, in my opinion. This is an extremely common coin in this grade, so either he really, really liked the way it looked, or it looks significantly better in hand, or its overgraded. If I was building a set, I&#039;d go for a 66 of this date, at the least (still an extremely common coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed you listed &quot;star&quot; as an option on this poll.... this coin is absolutely not worthy of a star, and should not have received one. That doesn&#039;t mean it didn&#039;t, of course, but it shouldn&#039;t have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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