1852-Dahlonega Half Eagle - You Vs. PCGS

I think it graded EF-45.

Oops, sorry. I was out over the weekend and forgot to post the grade Friday. Anyway, this coin was graded XF-40. I thought it might make XF-45 based on PCGS photograde. The coin in general and denticles in particular are really poorly struck. All that being said, this was actually a jewelry piece that I found among my grandmothers things. Fortunately, it was in a bezel that just clamped around the coin and was easily removed. There are two small obverse rim nicks at 11:30 and 1:00. I am unsure if these are from the bezel or not. I actually found this coin over a year ago when going through things, but never looked at it closely because it was in jewelry. In the fall, I was sitting in Kazakhstan talking to a fellow collector specializing in U.S. gold and it dawned on me that the D was Dahlonega and not Denver. Anyway, I decided to submit it to PCGS and see how it would grade.
The photo below is the slab as well as the bezel and small box that the coin was in. I do not think that the bezel ever had a chain on it.

Dogone it, I really thought it reach the XF45 grade from PCGS, still a darn good looking rare coin!