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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2557942, member: 1892&quot;]Seated coins are difficult, Eduard, and there&#039;s no blame in feeling challenged when evaluating one. Strike quality varies widely and may be assumed to show weakness as that&#039;s common. The key - if sufficient evidence is available - is the talons. They aren&#039;t the <i>first</i> thing to show strike weakness - the feathers on the eagle&#039;s right leg are, and they&#039;re weak in your example - but the talons below that leg are the second and relatively complete detail on them when other areas show what could be &quot;wear&quot; is telling. All the same, &quot;AU53&quot; is more a compromise grade on my part. Anything between AU50 and AU58 in a TPG slab would not shock me, because they would have had the chance to hold the coin in-hand and judge things like the obverse legs and wing edges where wear is far more easily seen than accurately imaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is telling that this and 1846 are the only Seated Quarter issue years for which Heritage Auctions returns less than 100 auction results, and the next most scarce result is 143.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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