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<p>[QUOTE="silverspoonvint, post: 1437474, member: 37921"]I'm going to go against the grain thus far and put it at MS64. The picture is great for the details but hard to tell the luster, a key ingredient to Gem (ms65 and above). I rate it 64 because of the contact marks on the cheek, especially the cheek bone and the chatter in the field below the chin and in front of the neck. You also have denticle marks in the secondary focal areas behind the head. The field is gorgeous in front of the face though. The reverse is a solid gem ms66 plus. </p><p><br /></p><p>I could be wrong and if Mr. Brooklyn will give you MS65 money I'd get the envelope ready.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for my credentials I am occasionally hired by very wealthy coin dealers in my area to accompany them to coin shows to help them grade raw silver dollars, especially GSA's and potentially undergraded coins in old TPG holders. I'm batting .800 on the raw coins and I'm right over half the time on already graded material. The coin in my avatar is one I made buying a coin off ebay, turned out to be MS65 star <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverspoonvint, post: 1437474, member: 37921"]I'm going to go against the grain thus far and put it at MS64. The picture is great for the details but hard to tell the luster, a key ingredient to Gem (ms65 and above). I rate it 64 because of the contact marks on the cheek, especially the cheek bone and the chatter in the field below the chin and in front of the neck. You also have denticle marks in the secondary focal areas behind the head. The field is gorgeous in front of the face though. The reverse is a solid gem ms66 plus. I could be wrong and if Mr. Brooklyn will give you MS65 money I'd get the envelope ready. As for my credentials I am occasionally hired by very wealthy coin dealers in my area to accompany them to coin shows to help them grade raw silver dollars, especially GSA's and potentially undergraded coins in old TPG holders. I'm batting .800 on the raw coins and I'm right over half the time on already graded material. The coin in my avatar is one I made buying a coin off ebay, turned out to be MS65 star :)[/QUOTE]
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