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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2037650, member: 27832&quot;]Well, that&#039;s humiliating.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would&#039;ve looked askance at what appears to be a &quot;grainy&quot; surface on the obverse. On the reverse, I would&#039;ve looked hard at the eagle&#039;s left (viewer&#039;s right) leg, and the way the eagle&#039;s right wing appears to sink into the coin&#039;s surface at its base, and I would&#039;ve yelled &quot;FAKE FAKE FAKITY FAKE&quot;. I guess it&#039;s time to re-weight my criteria for judging authenticity -- certainly, the lettering on this one shows nothing questionable. And to re-study the way the reverse devices come out of the field on higher-grade genuine coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given what I&#039;ve seen from the TPGs on key dates, I&#039;m going to guess they gave a 45 or 50, although I think it&#039;s a technical 35, and a common date would&#039;ve probably gotten &quot;VF details - obverse scratches&quot; or &quot;graffiti&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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