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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3180920, member: 19165&quot;]Grading this coin is incredibly hard. You really need a split grade for this one! </p><p><br /></p><p>Strike: This coin has an exceptionally strong strike for a New Orleans mint coin. The hair detail is nearly complete, and the breast feathers are strong and bold. Strike grade is going to be 66. </p><p><br /></p><p>Luster: The luster appears to be dripping off the watery, prooflike surfaces. Beautiful! Luster gets 65 PL</p><p><br /></p><p>Eye Appeal: The prooflike surfaces lend tremendous eye appeal to this white coin. The color is just a tad too white to be perfectly original, but the complete lack of spots makes the coin slight cameo contrast pop. The eye appeal is hurt on the obverse by the plethora of marks. Eye appeal: 64 obverse, 66 reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Contact marks: And, as is so often the case, this is where the grade is murdered. First, the good: that reverse is stunning. There are a few tick marks on the reverse here and there, but nothing very significant. Unfortunately, the obverse looks like Lady Liberty found herself in downtown Chicago on a Saturday night. Some of these marks appear quite significant, although quite a few of them are minor luster disturbances which appear worse because of the PL nature of the coin. So, reverse contact marks 65+, obverse contact marks 62. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I really want to split grade this coin as 63/65+ PL. However, unfortunately, that&#039;s not how the TPG&#039;s do it. I&#039;m going to go conservative on this one and say 63PL, I think - but that really doesn&#039;t do this coin justice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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