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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 25368634, member: 59677"]Larry, I'm terrible at grading them in MS, but I can see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have the fins on the arms of the C. The strike is so-so, the diamond isn't filled in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest is just degrees of sharpness of the strike (vs. strike weakness).</p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen in hand one MS68 (before it was sent into PCGS). The point of the diamond could be used as a tattoo needle and you could shave with the planes at 12, 3, 6, and 9.</p><p><br /></p><p>On your coin, look at the top center leaf (upper reverse) and the ribbon and fletches of the highest arrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, look at the knob on the right scroll on the top of the shield and the top two shields points left and right. Of the six points of the star, only the top one shows any real definition into two planes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 25368634, member: 59677"]Larry, I'm terrible at grading them in MS, but I can see it. You have the fins on the arms of the C. The strike is so-so, the diamond isn't filled in. The rest is just degrees of sharpness of the strike (vs. strike weakness). I've seen in hand one MS68 (before it was sent into PCGS). The point of the diamond could be used as a tattoo needle and you could shave with the planes at 12, 3, 6, and 9. On your coin, look at the top center leaf (upper reverse) and the ribbon and fletches of the highest arrow. On the obverse, look at the knob on the right scroll on the top of the shield and the top two shields points left and right. Of the six points of the star, only the top one shows any real definition into two planes.[/QUOTE]
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