I'm going on record as saying I do not have a clue how to grade this one. So many assumptions. Marks on Obv. arm and Rev above ONE I will say are negligible in hand. Strike is awesome as well as luster. BUT, that rub on the cheek and what the heck is "that" mark on both Obv & Rev.???? Is is a planchet flaw? Looks to be in the same area of both Obv & Rev.......uggg......I just don't know.
I guess my pictures were not so good or something. The noise above the ONE is there, but barely noticeable even under a loupe. The blotches by Abe's forehead and the left wheat are silvery and not marks. I really doubt they were not there when graded so they must pretty much ignore the for grading. It actually looks to be well struck in hand. The color is just about dark orange, but it has good luster. Anyway, NGC gave it a 67. I may be a bit of a close call, but I can't really disagree with it.
ldhair is still hanging onto the lead, but Leadfoot is catching up. Finally got some changes, but they were all just 2 exchanging positions. Top 10. Columns are rank, name, average, and number of guesses. ldhair 0.387 33 Leadfoot 0.400 37 Shoewrecky 0.480 26 BadThad 0.500 44 Irish2Ice 0.524 44 rzage 0.526 40 Cazkaboom 0.609 48 jcakcoin 0.609 48 bahabully 0.643 29 mark_h 0.643 44
