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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 233183, member: 2972&quot;]Wow, you guys really were all over the place on this one.&nbsp; Not entirely unexpected, as this is not an easy coin to grade from a photo...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>NGC grade the coin AU 58.</b>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My subjective thoughts on the coin:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with the grade of AU 58.&nbsp; This is what I would call a real 58 and a classic &quot;slider&quot;.&nbsp; It has all the luster and flash of an MS coin, but with clear high-point rub.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t show well in the photos, but it is very evident when rotating the coin under harsh lighting -- most evident on the lower neck and hair on the obverse, and on the high points of the eagle&#039;s wing feathers on the reverse.&nbsp; <i> I will also note that this is a coin that I often see in 62 or 63 plastic, so it was rather refreshing to see a properly-graded 58 available for an AU price, rather than paying MS money for an AU coin.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>As many of you noted, this coin is nearly always found with a weak strike.&nbsp; This &quot;high relief&quot; design just didn&#039;t strike up well, and as a result was changed in 1922 to lower-relief design.&nbsp; The current example suffers from some weakness centrally on the obverse most notably in the hair, and also an area near the date.&nbsp; The reverse is actually well above average in strike, but still shows some weakness on the Eagle&#039;s right leg and wing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for all the guesses and comments, I truly appreciate them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Happy collecting...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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