1852 3 Cent Silver For Grading.

It looks like "America" is basically gone in this pic - if so, I'd have to say AG-03. Perhaps you could give us a close-up here.

I am also at AG-3.

Got to work with the 55mm lens tonight after opening up the coin from the seller.

First thing I noticed was the deep toning (golds, and some iridescent blue/green, dark brown too)

Second thing I noticed was the reverse is either clashed or had transfer from the obverse due to the planchet thinness (the star from the obverse is visible in the center of the III); the reverse also has a major die crack from about 8:00 to past 12:00.

Third thing - America is visible, but faint. The toning mostly obscures it.

Here are the pictures. I tried a few different shots to see what would work. The ones that make the coin look non-toned are taken with high intensity lighting; the toned pictures are more accurate to the in-hand appearance, but without the iridescence (hard to photo.)

Pictures with flash / high lighting







Obverse with a blue-green filter to "see" through the toning



Much closer to natural color (although first is blurry)