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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2515561, member: 24544&quot;]Lovely coin Eduard!&nbsp; I believe I see a decent amount of wear on both the obverse and reverse, although I agree that in Mint State there was probably not much detail present.&nbsp; I would give this a grade in between vf and ef, tending towards vf but hesitate to grade from photos alone without seeing it in hand.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this falls into the realm of why grade the coin.&nbsp; For someone building a type set, &#039;The Grade&#039; to the extant such a thing exists, will probably not matter much because the detail is not, and likely was never, there.&nbsp; So while technically it&#039;s xf, people building a type set will not want to pay xf money for it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For those collecting these by variety, they will see the weak strike and understand it&#039;s likely a function of the dies, and will compare this example to other examples of that variety.&nbsp; So regardless of the grade given, it will be purchased in relation to other weakly struck examples.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Last point of my ramble, but a simple grade just does not begin to describe the quality of your coin.&nbsp; Surface preservation and color start to become very important, possible more important that grade, and your coin is a great example.&nbsp; Congrats![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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