Quote: I think it's changed hands a few times. I'll say AU-58.
Well, yes....it's a 113 years old. If one guy held it this long, I want to meet the chap!
What you're seeing is "generational wear", e.g. the natural wear progression and toning over it's life history as it traveled from collector to collector. Some also call it "slide wear" harkening back to the days when collectors stored coins loosely in drawers. This caused coins to develop a light wear pattern.
Typically, this type of wear should not preclude a coin from a mint state grade. All the coins in the collecting world had to travel from a mint and through a lot of hands to get to you.
Quote: Typically, this type of wear should not preclude a coin from a mint state grade. All the coins in the collecting world had to travel from a mint and through a lot of hands to get to you.
I would say that this is more than typical passing wear on the reverse...there are digs around and on the "ONE"...nice details but still there are many better ones out there. I couldn't call this a MS coin.
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