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one_fine_dime Pillar of the Community United States 591 Posts	Posted 02/14/2019 4:54 pm Thanks in advance for your help, posting two others as well. Even after staring at many examples, I'm still challenged to accurately grade in the AU to low MS. PCGS's Photograde is often less than helpful in this range. What complicates accurate grading on this one in particular is the apparent weak obverse strike, with mushy details around Liberty's hairline/curls and hair that sticks out around where her ear would be. Definite Full Bands on the reverse on this one! Report this Post to the Staff

T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 02/14/2019 5:55 pm You have my hands tied . The hair ,cap and wing is the only area of wear or weakness in strike . And I'm honestly stump on this one . Calling all Merc experts .FSB looks promising . Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18684 Posts	Posted 02/14/2019 6:04 pm for this coin the reverse bands are dull telling me the coin has been handled a lot and circulated. the vertical bands are separated and the diagonal band edges are complete so I think its higher than XF. based on the small amount of remaining luster and overall look I'm at AU50. to go higher than that I like to see more luster especially across some of the higher devices and a little more sharpness to the edges hope that helps Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/15/2019 08:46 am AU-53, very nice. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36826 Posts	Posted 02/15/2019 09:10 am AU-53 Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/16/2019 7:26 pm AU-53 Report this Post to the Staff
one_fine_dime Pillar of the Community United States 591 Posts	Posted 02/18/2019 5:05 pm This item had zero bids until the last seconds (SB was $80). I sniped at $101, and a single bidder beat me to it. Should have bid higher, I'll never know how high they went. Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 02/18/2019 7:14 pm XF-45 Report this Post to the Staff
Fayette1800 Pillar of the Community United States 1094 Posts	Posted 02/19/2019 11:55 am I think you can find a nicer example for not a lot more personally. Report this Post to the Staff
one_fine_dime Pillar of the Community United States 591 Posts	Posted 02/19/2019 12:10 pm Thanks Fayette1800, please let me know if you see one! I'm typically looking on ebay and Heritage. Any other venues I should be tracking? Report this Post to the Staff
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