1935-S Washington This Should Be Fun.

Hey Spud, turn yer email on!!
Or hit me up!

Thanks Spud. Your right. Slabbed coins are generally easier to sell and easier to protect. However, many of us prefer to store and display them raw. To me, it's the coin I'm buying, regardless of which slab it's in or if it's in one at all.

Jesse, I do not disagree. The obverse does show hairlines, though not as prominent in hand under 10-X and good light. Definitely there, but the camera picks them up big time. And they are not all in remotely the same direction.
Still, might have been wiped pretty hard. That is and always has been my largest concern.
The scratches on the reverse under the "U" are not severe at all. They are there, but look like minor contact marks. There is a ding under those marks that is of more concern.
Overall, the obverse is troubling, but not enough to dissuade me from sending it in. It is going in next week if I can get my ducks rowed up. PCGS.
Attached below are the latest pics. Cracked it out and dipped it pretty hard. I actually think I got it just right. Still a little color inside the obverse rim ( Color at 5:00 o'clock, but hard to see with the flat aspect of the camera), and didn't seem to hurt the reverse at all.
That reverse continues to be nice.
That obverse was Ugly (capital "U"). This one was not a close call, that ugly skin had to come off. And the hairlines did not jump out as I had feared, indeed some of the lines seemed to be in the skin and so dipped off.
If it grades, I am predicting MS62 maaaybe 63. I think I have a 40% shot at a grade, but admittedly I am out of my depth. This obverse looks not quite like anything I have any experience with.
Oh, purists might wish to look away at this point . . . .

Shoot, I deleted the early pics. I will get them back!

Okay, I can't edit the earlier posts, so here is the series of photos.
This is what I saw to purchase the coin.


This is my best effort to photograph the coin in situ.


And this is the coin ready to send to the graders after a dip.

I think you made the right call and am right there with you on the grade possibilities. To me, it looks better now.

In terms of your amazing set, have you sent in alot of coins this way for grading? Have you bought odd ball slabs, raw coins, and/or respected TPG slabs for upgrade possibility? I ask because I noticed you have alot of 66's and 67's in your set. I'm very curious as I have also been working on my collection piece by piece.

Yay!! I squeaked by with an no problem MS63.
Didn't make a bunch of value, but it sure looks better in PCGS plastic. It is not a particularly attractive coin, but it will sit in my collection until I can get the funds together for a "65" example.
Win some, lose some, break even on some.