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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1890417, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;m looking at the apparent flat and dull texture along Liberty&#039;s left leg. It&#039;s possible that it&#039;s just a weak strike and an unflattering photo, but it looks like wear to me. (I wouldn&#039;t expect that much head detail from a weak strike.) In hand, you should be able to tilt the coin and see whether there&#039;s luster in that area or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a lengthy discussion here a few years back about grading, and perhaps &quot;grade inflation&quot;, for Walkers. Someone presented photos of a coin that had what looked like wear along Liberty&#039;s leg and body, but was in an MS slab. Some of the members here swore that the coin should never have been graded MS; others said that if that&#039;s what PCGS/NGC say, it&#039;s good enough for them. It&#039;s not the sort of disagreement that ever gets resolved. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The photo is not sharp enough to judge the coin&#039;s surfaces, but I see what look like fuzzy indications of spotting. The overall impression I got was that it&#039;s lightly circulated and heavily dipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can post clearer photos, including the coin&#039;s reverse, you might get more accurate feedback here. (It would also let us see whether there&#039;s a mint mark. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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