1857-O Liberty Seated Dime, For Evaluation-Possible Purchase

obv XF45 rev looks XF40. old cleaning may be acceptable.
however, I dont like the staining. it it cant be mitigated therefore it could pull a code (98) for ED. I think i'd pass on it.

Nicks on the face, unattractive staining. Might pull an EF straight grade from a TPG.
Unless you're getting a great price and only need a hole filler, it's an easy pass.

For what it's worth, Greysheet retail for XF40 is $85 and XF45 is $135.

if it did in fact make XF45 full retail of say $135 then $95 would be a good price if it graded straight. if it came back XF40 then its overpriced.

if it slabs as details then its boarder line at XF45. so, its going to be a risk either way unless it pulls a straight XF45.

personally I would rather have a lower grade straight coin than a details coin and at the price for an XF40 coin I would continue looking for a slabbed XF40 coin for that price range. in this case I think there is too much risk that it would grade a straight XF45