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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1773926, member: 27832"]Well, the title of "Honorary ANACS Grader" goes to bkozak33, who nailed both coins with the first reply on the thread: 1901-S -- XF 40 details (cleaned)1909-S -- XF 40 I'm toying with the idea of either cracking or trying to cross the 1901-S to NGC or PCGS at some future date, not because I distrust the judgement of folks here, but because several dealers who've examined the coin in-hand expressed their opinion that it ought to grade cleanly. For this particular coin, it seems like it would be worth gambling another $30 or 40. I still think it's a technical VF35 myself, but judging from photos I've seen of other examples, all the major TPGs routinely bump better dates to XF40 when they have this level of detail. I was pleased but not surprised at the grade on the 1909-S -- it confirmed what I expected. I'm a bit tempted to crack it and put it back in my Dansco, but I imagine I'll instead wait for an example that's more in line with the rest of the book (F02-VF30, with a fair number of problem coins). I kind of wish I'd gotten it attributed, but it doesn't look like that variety carries any market premium. Off to post the last coin from this batch. Thanks again, everybody![/QUOTE]