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Well, it feels kind of silly giving my very novice grading opinion to such a seasoned numismatist as yourself. But I think I will post a guess because I'll be the first one in this thread to do so and so I'll be able to give a non-biased estimate and be able to gauge where I stand when I grade.
That is a nice looking quarter. MS-68
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I'm going to guess between a 64-65? These are tough.
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MS-67? The only defect I can see besides some contact marks is a small oval spot near Washington's mouth, but I can't tell if that is on the coin itself or on the slab.
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That oval is probably on the slab, it moves from one picture to the other. Check it out.
Really Nice Coin!!
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The problem here is that this date comes very nice and tends to get held to a higher standard.
The strike is fairly good even for the date. There's a little weakness in LIBERTY. They probably slammed it (MS-65) for the two small gouges on the chin and the light scatch above the nose. Even an MS-64 wouldn't be extremely surprising since you're upset about the grade.
If it were another date it might easily have gone MS-66 and even 67 would be a long shot.
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With the time, research, and experience I have done with grading I would have to agree with cladking. MS-64 or MS-65. Like cladking said if it were another date prob grade higher. Beautiful coin nevertheless. What I would do is, if it were my coin, I would hold onto to it and possibly have it regraded in a few years. Again that depends on whether you had it graded for your own collection or graded to sell.
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Cladking said it right, for some reason 1996 was a banner year for minting these coins. I'm gonna guess you thought you had a top pop of -68 and wanted to sell to the registry crowd. Instead it came back a pedestrian -67.
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Thanks everyone. I was told by another dealer that the 96-D was a tough coin. Well, here we go.....PCGS MS65. I was hoping for at least a 66. It is very nice in hand though.
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It's definitely much prettier than most of the MS65's I have seen.
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