MS67 Washington?

It is difficult enough to grad from photos, but giving us a photo of only a portion of the coin has me just shaking my head.

 

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I wasn't asking about general grading, though, I just wanted to know if people thought that particular mark would be enough to knock it down a grade.

 

Microscopes are for authentication and sometimes varieties, not grading.

 

I just found a Morgan Dollar that has a blemish on the check that’s comparable. It was graded a long time ago and would no doubt grade higher today but it was given a grade of MS-63 so my original though stands.

 

There's honestly not much comparable between a silver Morgan and a modern clad foir grading. The technology difference, the size difference, the composition difference etc

 

I’m referring strictly to the mark on the cheek.

 

What is the reason not to use them for grading? Just that the magnification is way more than they would use at a TPG?

 

A mark wouldnt be graded the same between the two though. Its much more detrimental on a clad modern.

You cant even really tell all that much about the coin when its a microscope picture making a quarter the size of a soup bowl that isnt even all of one side that could be making it look a lot worse. That coin almost certainly isnt worth grading as the overwhelming majority arent even the day they're minted, but a modern Washington and a Morgan isn't how you compare grading

 

Exactly, you end up zooming in more than what coins are graded by. If you go in close enough on anything you'll find problems

 

Got it. The coin is indeed very handsome when just under a loupe but as I'm gathering here probably not 67, so probably not worth sending in.

 

Need to see full images of both sides. But with those marks,
it's not going to be 67. It may not be 65.