Need Help Determining a Grade...

I bought this 40% 1976s quarter recently, any ideas on a grade? That is a dog hair 6 o'clock on the reverse, not a scratch

 

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I'd say low ms, but only because some of the tie-down on the snare skin are missing ..

 

Heres an image from pcgs, check out the tie-downs on the snare skin .

 

I think the photo might be a little washed out due to the lighting. Out on a limb with '65.........danged mutt. Doggy dander and such but I did have to look for it.

 

I don't know what a tie down is, but I'm gonna say MS66. I grade the dog hair VF at best, though.

 

I'm thinking 65-66? I always get lost after about MS60 on most coins.

 

No you don't. I've seen you much better than that.

 

This is another one where, meaning no offense, it would require truly professional-level imagery to make good guesses at the grade. There's one mark at the bottom of the neck and a couple real small ones on the reverse, and that's about it. Somewhere north (well north) of 65 is as far as I'm comfortable with at the moment. That might change either way with extremely sharp images.

 

I will get some up soon, I had the coin nearly 6 inches away from the camera. I can focus great at less than one inch.

 

Still not that sharp, the coin seems to have a weak strike.

 

I'd say MS62 perhaps 63, for the cheek mark and for the strike being pretty weak. There's tons of these out there struck really well. Although since they were sold as collectors coins I tend to grade them tougher based off knowing that. I think finding a 40% bicentennial silver quarter below MS is harder than finding a nice MS example. Got me thinking I should circulate a few in my pockets and then slab and sell them for those crazy low ball collectors.

 

Hard to tell from these pics but I'm thinking 64/65

 

It does seem like a weaker strike, I'm not sure if that's accounted for but I'm closer to 64-65 now having seen it without the light on that spot.