SLQ Full Head Designation

received the coin today. VERY happy with it! It has cartwheel luster and beautiful obverse toning with orange, brown and black hues! It doesn't show well in the picture, but it looks much better in real life.

As for full head designation, the gap in the hairline that was observed in the picture does not seem to be there in real life. It looks like a full hairline to me under magnification. The only thing missing is the ear hole.

I do believe the coin is a very high AU, as I think the slight flatness obxerved on libery's shin and a bit of rub on the breast is actual wear. Could be wrong though.

Overall, this coin exceeds my expectations, which is a nice relief after several other ebay disappointments.

This coin was well worth the money I paid IMO. :-)

thanks vermont! Wow, XF40FH? I knew they would designate that in AU, but I never thought an XF-40 would make FH. But they do have it as a price in PCGS. I personally wouldn't prefer a coin with that kind of uneven wear, but I imagine it is an extremely low POP coin, and probably just one like you said. Just thinking about it, that coin is worth more than my entire collection. wow!

WoW conder101 I know the only 12 or so STL are real I found or got most in the 60's

very scary prospect of what this could mean for our hobby if they get good enough to make them undetectable. I wish there was a way to verify the age of a coin, like carbon dating does for fossils.

Only pictures, I'd like to get my hands on one for close study but whenever I find one on ebay either the auction gets shut down or it gets bid up to the sky by collectors who believe it and the coin in it are real. I don't mind paying for a fake coin to get the slab, but I really can't afford to sink five or six hundred dollars or more into a counterfeit just to get the slab to study. I have the same problem with the fake ANACS and fake NGC slabs as well. I was involved with their identification since the beginning (ANACS in March 2007, NGC in Aug 2007) but I've never been able to actually get my hands on one.

The problem is that eventually they will be in the hands of US sellers and you can't just use the country where the seller is.

Very nice Vermont! Yours appears to have ever so slightly more wear than mine....And you have the magic ear hole to get your FH designation. :-) Your shield rivets are nicely struck as well.