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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2281699, member: 15929"]Nearly every 1974-S Silver Proof IKE (Brown Box) has some for of haze on it and a good portion of the coins have some form of toning that starts at the rims and works it's way in. I do not know why. Nearly every Brown Box 40% Silver Proof Ike has some form of haze on them. 71-S's are usually shades of blue while 1972-S's can be blue's or greens.1973-S's are usually bluish haze but most are clear. Since the various years have similar hazing/toning for specific years, it leads me to believe that something at either the US Mint or the Packaging processes was the culprit. As for the 1971 IKE in the original post? The Philadelphia Mint maximized die life and as such, dialed down the minting pressures. The net result was a larger than normal amount of annealing marks in the fields, near the rims and even on the Profile. Most folks interpret these as "bag marks" which they are not as these copper nickel coins are really, really hard. Scratching can occur but it has to be intentional and deliberate. Cotton Swabs and fingers have absolutely no affect on the surface of CnClad coins. My opinion of the OP's coin is an MS64 for sure. MS65 is tough but not impossible and the grader has to be in the right mood. I've got an MS66 that, IMO, isn't an MS66 and I, embarrassingly, paid a healthy premium for the coin. [ATTACH=full]456067[/ATTACH] I'd lose my ;unch if I had to sell it due to the huge loss I'd suffer. If I had the OP's coin, I'd just stick it away with the rest of them in a 2x2 as the cost of grading far exceeds the possibility of PCGS awarding it an MS65. It's just too difficult to predict. For the Record, I totally trust [USER=68]@cladking[/USER] 's opinion. He's very astute and very dedicated.[/QUOTE]

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