So that spotting mostly in the right field wouldn't be classified as a woody ? Also is that a little hole on the reverse left of the O ?
Spotting blotchiness does not make it a woody. Woodies only come from alloy mixture and that comes only in stripes, lines, or some form of parallel groupings. As for the "hole", it is raised. I do not think it is a carbon spot since the surrounds are not effected. Dirt, maybe?
I hate to ask, that black spot on the reverse - Is that on the coin or some sort of debris on or in the slab? It doesn't look like it's "part" of the coin.
It may be simply a weak strike, and not wear, but I interpreted the flatness at the top of the ear into the hair to be wear. For that reason I went 58
I thought that blotchiness was from a bad alloy mixture , I didn't know it had to be in parallel groupings though .
The sheets are formed (thinned) by running it trough roll mills. They only stretch the material in one direction. The original slab may have a blotch of poor alloy in some weird shape, but the mill stretches it in one direction. When it is all done, each of the original blotches is now a line parallel to every other blotch that was there to begin with.
Think of the alloy as dough. Add in some chocolate chips and use a rolling pin to flatten it all. That's what happens.
Descent strike and it is about as nick free as any coin I have. (that on the cheek is on the slab and not the coin.) Yes, that spot is discernible, but it does not exactly pop up and bite you either. However, it has fairly complete luster, but far from strong luster. PCGS wound up with a 63. If this thing had any kind of nice luster, I swear it would have gone 64, but I have to agree with the 63 although I think I would make it a +.
Sure wish my '11-S was this nice . And like jallengomez said I almost was going to give it a 64 for the obverse .
