This and http://www.cointalk.com/t205178/ will be ending tomorrow night. Really? Only 8 brave souls dare guess!
58..... What is with the "Y" looking line that starts near the right of the "E" in one and cuts through the "T" in cent on the obverse??? looks like a faint die break but it is sooo long and the edges of the T look evenly detailed and not filled or softened.
I am not a cent collector, but to me it looks like a 55 at most. Definitely NOT MS in my opinion--worn details, especially on the reverse.
Hopefully some well at least learn from this one even if so few dared grade it. I see no evidence of wear on the reverse and no breaks in the luster. Granted, the wheat lines are virtually no present, but that is the strike and not wear. Strike does not seriously enter the grading until 65. The obverse probably has some minor rubs (cabinet friction?), but what you see in the photograph greatly exaggerates what I see in hand. Anyway, the coin has good luster, particularly for a brown coin, with few nicks. I think this coin could have made 64 were it not for the strike and its impact on the eye appeal, but NCG settled on a 63. That really seems like a fair grade to me.
It was close for me, I thought there was a good chance at 63. Looks like a lot of the high scorers passed on this one.
