Wow, hard one. Incredible strike/details, color etc etc., but the spotted off coloring, huge thumb print and spot on the main field in front of his nose are taking it down 2 grades at least. NGC 63 In response to Leadfoot pointing out that it was probably slabbed before the print and maybe spots showed up, I'll raise to NGC-65
Yet again, we find ourselves pondering the age old copper question... What did that sucker look like when it was graded? Heck if I know, so we'll have go guess.... I'll guess the spot and toning/print showed up after the slabbing and it graded 66 RD. Rims show a touch too much chatter to grade 67. Crack that coin and grade it tomorrow, and it'd grade 65 at best. IMO of course.
Wow, sure is purdy...but what a bummer on the spot + print...oh well. Could be a 66, but I am guessing 64...
When coins with spots, prints, etc. come up, there is always a question of when the marks appeared. For this coin, I am pretty sure I know. This is, most likely, a 66 with few ticks, very nice luster and a strong strike. However, it also has a couple spots and a finger print. NGC says that makes it a 64. I am not sure I would go 64 or 65, but at the very least it is a real nice 64.
Not too much of a shuffle, but most everyone's score went up ldhair 0.292 26 Duke Kavanaugh 0.333 29 Leadfoot 0.444 47 mark_h 0.447 49 Shoewrecky 0.455 46 rzage 0.459 39 jallengomez 0.500 30 bahabully 0.548 44 BadThad 0.585 43 swhuck 0.600 47
