the most common of dollars and one of the better struck coins. your coin is average for the year in strike. the breast could be a little better defined. I believe the coin still retains its luster and pretty much unbroken. eye appeal is AVG+. surface preservation is decent with just a few scuffs and light marks mostly appearing on the obverse. the coin should grade at MS64 just short of 65
I have been looking an a lot of 1879 S's recently, as that is my next purchase. I would conservatively put this at MS-64. If it has great eye appeal in hand, I could see it at MS-65
The cheek marks look light and not too bad, the marks to the field next to them are too many to make MS65 in my opinion. The reverse is nice but it does have some contact marks near the wing. It's a nice MS64 example I think.
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