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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2502542, member: 1892&quot;]Silver Trimes are fun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re so small that consistent strikes were actually very difficult. You commonly see them with entire segments of the star outline missing and/or peripheral details gone. Here&#039;s how I grade them:</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I leave the coin obverse-up. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Well, after first confirming the reverse isn&#039;t sanded off....</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s too little detail on the reverse of these things to be relevant to grading circulated examples. It&#039;s one of those issues where, having determined there&#039;s no real major &quot;discrepancy&quot; on the &quot;bad&quot; face, you fall back onto the knowledge that coins wear roughly equally on both faces and worry only about the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the shield and star outlines both not worn through, the worst I can do for the coin is EF. Then, I think a moment about this PCGS MS65:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]531061[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After that, I stick with EF and don&#039;t worry about what&#039;s missing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See? Simple. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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