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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 343626, member: 2972&quot;]Thank you all for your comments and guesses.&nbsp; Here are my subjective thoughts on the coin, and having the benefit of having the coin in-hand....</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin has great luster and cartwheel, despite the heavy toning, and it really doesn&#039;t come through in the photos provided.&nbsp;&nbsp; The few marks on the coin, mostly on the obverse, show pretty well in the photo, although the large size of the photos, I believe, has caused a few of you to undergrade the coin due to these hits.&nbsp; (It is an easy hole to fall into as was alluded to in posts earlier in this thread, and that&#039;s part of the reason I always include smaller photos in these types of posts.)&nbsp; As was also noted earlier in this thread, the coin suffers from a bit of a weak strike, most easliy seen in George&#039;s hair on the obverse, in UNUM and the branches on the reverse, and to a lesser extent in the eagle&#039;s rightmost wing.&nbsp; The toning is splotchy, as is very typical on toned silver Washies.&nbsp; Quite frankly, if you see toning on an early Washington that <i>isn&#039;t</i> splotchy, this is cause for concern.&nbsp; Regardless, I suspect the coin was in a roll for an extended amount of time, and the toning, while rather dark on areas of the obverse, hasn&#039;t caused any diminishing luster -- something I try and pay close attention when seeing dark toning and high mint-state grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>In short, I agree with the 66 grade, and also the &quot;*&quot;, and I think the coin would likely grade 66 at PCGS based upon the examples I&#039;ve seen.&nbsp; FWIW, I do not see this as a 67 coin because of the lack of strike and the hits on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid about 2x what a 66 goes for in retail circles.&nbsp; A bit on the high-end of what I&#039;m comfortable in paying for toners, but nowhere near the over fifteen hundred dollars a 67 goes for.&nbsp; All in all I&#039;m very happy with the coin and price.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, this coin was offered to me by a friend and fellow collector I met through online forums (LeeG) -- who purchased from another friend of the forums (TomB), who purchased it at FUN in 2002.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is the third coin I&#039;ve purchased from Lee, and in addition to the knowledge and cameraderie on the forums, it just goes to show you how valuable coin-collecting friends and the forums can be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, my thanks for the many guesses, comments, and discussion about the coin.&nbsp; I hope you all enjoyed it...Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. Mr. Feld, gloat while you can :hail:--- you might have gotten this Washington (mostly) right, but you didn&#039;t do so hot on the other one ATS (and neither did I).&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>p.p.s. Congrats to Flyer10 who nailed the grade!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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