Thoughts on grade for an 1853 Dime?

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Beautiful dime. AU-50 in my opinion. Love the overall patina/color.

 

It is nice, just not sure if it is 150.00 nice for the grade. Still pondering!!

 

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between "wear" and "strike" (walking Liberty halves give me fits!). I don't know this series very well but the first thing I look at is the rim. The rim on your coin appears "damage free"...except on the reverse between 2:30 and 4:00...but that can be due to the strike. I then look at hair detail, right breast and leg wear...there's some, but it's not excessive. Then I look at the reverse...the leaf detail. The leaf detail doesn't look clear, but that can be due to strike as much as wear. It's also possible for a coin to have two different grades; Obverse/Reverse. I'm leaning towards low-AU and high-XF. As I said...I really don't know much about this series.

 

Thanks for your input as well, I don't know much about the series either but I do like the overall look, tone and such. With the website Jello provided, this looks like it could be a fun series to play around with.

I still have some time to ponder the decision and if I pull the trigger there is a 14 day return privilege.