Nice coin!---PCGS is a trusted grading company and I would say the grade is right. I'm not good at grading gold coins---I guess that is because I don't collect them---but I know a pretty one when I see it and this one is really pretty! Speedy
I would say that coin is a lock 64. If the cheek wasn't so baggy, it would be a lock 65+ in my opinion.
Picky, picky! Really nice. Nothing like starting at the top. Congratulations. And, at least no one will say that it is a fake.
Zane How close to right am I when I say that on a coin such as this the places that you DON'T want bag marks or nicks are on the check and face...and the area right in front of the face?.... Speedy
100% right, all you have to do to see the prime focal areas for grading any coin is look in the ANA grading guide. They show you for every one
AH----I had missed that in the ANA book---the PCGS guide has some color "photos" of the prime focal areas but they only did it for a few types of coins and not all of them. Speedy
