Posted 09/25/2019 04:17 am
That obv. nick at 3 o'clock appears to be fairly deep enough to hold it back to a 64 or a 64+ with a generous TPG.
It's really hard to tell for sure, however, that this mark is indeed a show stopper. Any chance you could provide a high resolution close-up of that area?
Just for the record the obv. field area (in front of the facial device) is one of the two most critical areas that graders concentrate on. The second connected area(s) is this same facial device region composed of the cheek, chin, and forehead etc.
This is how the Heritage Auctions' VP taught me two weeks ago when he came to my coin club in Louisville, KY to present a seminar on grading in general. This same logic applies to Morgan $1.00s with the obverse most of the time taking precedence over the reverse in terms of the grading weight...
It's really hard to tell for sure, however, that this mark is indeed a show stopper. Any chance you could provide a high resolution close-up of that area?
Just for the record the obv. field area (in front of the facial device) is one of the two most critical areas that graders concentrate on. The second connected area(s) is this same facial device region composed of the cheek, chin, and forehead etc.
This is how the Heritage Auctions' VP taught me two weeks ago when he came to my coin club in Louisville, KY to present a seminar on grading in general. This same logic applies to Morgan $1.00s with the obverse most of the time taking precedence over the reverse in terms of the grading weight...
