High EF or low AU. These are so difficult to grade by photos with the inscriptions being the only high points. Areas of rub in fields consistent with this grade range. No hint of cleaning or dipping. Very nice example.
Very difficult to grade these, because all of the the high points of the design are all of the same height above the fields, and so the wear load is evenly distributed between them. This difficulty in grading most often arises in those designs that do not include features of heads or of animals etc.
Look for evidence of much mint bloom, to be able to reliably grade these in the EF / UNC range.
Sometimes, the mint bloom does not show up very well in pictures, and not at all if a scanner / copier is used. Look for how much the mint bloom has been degraded.
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