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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4450793, member: 105571&quot;]A pretty nice specimen for the 1924-D.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no reputation to lose in this game, so here goes:&nbsp; I&#039;m saying no to the bean for the following reasons.&nbsp; Even taking market grading into account, I think it is no better than a C-rated 66 or an A-rated 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>The strike weakness on obverse (date, stars, head, shield, etc.) and reverse (eagle&#039;s breast, left wing) are typical of the 24-D and should not be reflected in the TPG&#039;s grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the toning is not attractive to me, I don&#039;t know how JA views it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: </p><p><br /></p><p>- There are two diagonal lines crossing Liberty&#039;s wrist.&nbsp; Are they on the holder?&nbsp; Are they die cracks?&nbsp; Or, are they some sort of PMD?&nbsp; The 24-D is notorious for die cracks around the date but I&#039;ve not read or heard about any at the wrist.</p><p>- Star next to MM, tops of date numerals, and toe all seem to show luster rub to me but I admit this could be due to the die crumbling in this area which is characteristic of the 24-D.&nbsp; What looks like luster rub in these areas could actually be lack of luster created during minting because the metal was not pushed into the die sufficiently to create the luster.</p><p>- Left thigh-diagonal scratches(?) on mid-thigh; gash above knee, smaller gash on knee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>- Looks pretty clean to me with the exception of what appear to be scuffs in the lower right field next to eagle&#039;s beak.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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