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<p>[QUOTE="dimeguy, post: 871805, member: 19855"]Ok, I'll admit I'm sure I'm not as qualified as most posting on this thread but here are my thoughts, and I'll read everyone else's afterwards and hopefully I'll be on the right track.</p><p> </p><p>I graded it a MS64FB. Reason? </p><p> </p><p>Obverse: That area between the T and Y in Liberty drew my eye. The spot under the T in Trust. Then, I'm not sure if I'm just hallucinating or not, but I'm seeing odd looking lines neck area directly left of the lower hair line.</p><p> </p><p>Reverse: I'm not sure the standards you wish to use for FSB, but I like to see all the horizontals split. Unless I missed something this seems to be the case on your coin. Again, not sure if my eye is playing a trick, or if it's the lighting, but the light/luster seems awkward from the field to the right of the olive branch directly across the E in America (hope that made sense) and goes in a semicircular fashion down to the first U in Pluribus. Finally, again, maybe I'm being too picky but I think the vertical sticks are nice, but could be more defined. </p><p> </p><p>For those reasons, I think it ranked just shy of MS65, but evidently from the poll, it looks like I may be off a grade or two. Now to read on...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dimeguy, post: 871805, member: 19855"]Ok, I'll admit I'm sure I'm not as qualified as most posting on this thread but here are my thoughts, and I'll read everyone else's afterwards and hopefully I'll be on the right track. I graded it a MS64FB. Reason? Obverse: That area between the T and Y in Liberty drew my eye. The spot under the T in Trust. Then, I'm not sure if I'm just hallucinating or not, but I'm seeing odd looking lines neck area directly left of the lower hair line. Reverse: I'm not sure the standards you wish to use for FSB, but I like to see all the horizontals split. Unless I missed something this seems to be the case on your coin. Again, not sure if my eye is playing a trick, or if it's the lighting, but the light/luster seems awkward from the field to the right of the olive branch directly across the E in America (hope that made sense) and goes in a semicircular fashion down to the first U in Pluribus. Finally, again, maybe I'm being too picky but I think the vertical sticks are nice, but could be more defined. For those reasons, I think it ranked just shy of MS65, but evidently from the poll, it looks like I may be off a grade or two. Now to read on...[/QUOTE]
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