1858 Canada 20 Cent - How Good Is This?

@NumisNortherner - I feel like I'm seeing wear in both the hair at the top of the head, parts of the braid and that little ascending bundle of locks to the left and slightly above the ear. No? The reverse is extremely good - that takes it easily into AU in my books...

It is always possible that I am in error, but I do not really think PCGS took a coin with AU wear (or any noticeable wear) and put it into a 66 holder. Or that the best Canadian collection since Belzberg, which the premier rare coin dealer in Canada helped assemble, made a worn coin part of that collection. Or that somebody bought a worn coin for $18K, cracked it out, and sent it to ICCS where they put it in a 67 holder. Or than somebody else then bought a worn coin for $13K.

Weak strike and pictures taken through a PCGS holder that do not show the luster. If there was a luster break in the effigy the graders would have caught it. All JMO.