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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;orifdoc, post: 2953221, member: 82261&quot;]I&#039;d be very interested to see additional photos of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason behind my assessment of an MS64 grade:</p><p><br /></p><p>Eye Appeal - Positive.&nbsp; The coin seems to have nice flash, good frost, and nothing horribly distracting.&nbsp; The bit of yellow patina is OK in my book, but a slight negative when it comes to pricing in the market.&nbsp; CAC and collectors don&#039;t see eye-to-eye on this point at all.&nbsp; A small carbon spot near the three hills on the reverse is a slight detractor.&nbsp; A small water spot on the right reverse below the text is a slight detractor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luster - Postive.&nbsp; Looks quite good, but is always hard to tell from a photo.&nbsp; Usually coins with this much frost have a nice look.</p><p><br /></p><p>Strike - Better than average for a 24-S.&nbsp; A bit soft, but they all are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surface preservation - Here, the photos make it very tricky.&nbsp; The reverse is certainly gem quality, making note of two small hits on the eagle and some superficial abrasions to the upper, left field.&nbsp; The obverse is a bit more problematic, and is the grade-limiting feature of this coin, IMO.&nbsp; The cheek shows lots of chatter.&nbsp; Some might be inconsequential luster breaks, but many are certainly hits.&nbsp; The neck has at least three cuts and the neck truncation shows a heavy abrasion.&nbsp; Neither the left nor right fields are clean.&nbsp; All of this is perfectly acceptable at 64, but when you pay for a gem coin, you shouldn&#039;t have this many distractions.&nbsp; I really think the over-saturation and lack of contrast is making it hard to distinguish hits from luster breaks, but I see the coin as a 64 obverse, 65+ reverse, resulting in a 64, possibly 64+ grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here is one I used to own.&nbsp; Not perfect, but very nice.&nbsp; Still, not a coin I think would be likely to upgrade to 65.&nbsp; It lives in a PCGS MS64+ CAC holder.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1sNYmjS.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/f9YZr0M.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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