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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2995638, member: 10461&quot;]Certainly there is some corrosion and scratches, but in this low a grade, coins sometimes get a &quot;pass&quot;, and it <i>might</i> get a straight PO01 grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, some of the scratches are rather egregious, showing orange copper underneath, which draws a bit more attention to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s kind of a moot point.&nbsp; People are accustomed to seeing early copper with &quot;details&quot; grades.&nbsp; And anything that&#039;s still collectible in such a low grade and/or poor state of preservation (as this certainly is), it&#039;s not going to matter much.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s still an early half cent, and as such, it&#039;s going to have people who are interested in it, regardless of whether it&#039;s straight-graded or not, or what the technical grade is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would it win any beauty contests?&nbsp; Certainly not.&nbsp; But is it a cool, scarce piece of early copper?&nbsp; You bet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only issue I see here is if somebody wants it for a lowball set and absolutely must have a straight PO01 TPG grade with no &quot;details&quot; notation.&nbsp; It might or might not get that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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