Guess the grade 1911-D $2 1/2 Indian

First attempt at a guess the grade poll. These can be tricky to grade...

 

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I can't grade those myself but to stab at it going by the reverse I picked a 45.

 

The pictures make it look worse than it does in hand. It might have been very lightly wiped, but is not harshly cleaned. It did receive a grade....

 

Cleaned--details.

 

I said XF40 but what do I know. I've owned a few of them and this appears to have more wear on the wing tip, cheek and headband than any of my AUs did but I don't know if this year had weak strikes or not. So, with that being said it will probably come back AU58 and make me look even dumber than I know I am.

 

EF45

 

Looks like it can't be a 53

 

I agree with the comments about a harsh cleaning, and I am having trouble seeing any trace of the MM

 

45

 

I've actually owned one of these that had ZERO trace of a mint mark. Here is a close up of the mint mark, before I submitted for grading. The picture has bad glare, but you can see the mark in this one.