1 Franc [1888], Ceres - Grading

E & V has said it right.
As a general rule, Europeans do not grade their coins using the Sheldon grading scale, - they use their own. As such, AU to MS looks about right.

Can't see any significant wear under magnification on the high points of the design, both sides.
Sheldon MS-62.

I can understand why it the OP posted it, - it is a nice coin.

I am just daylight but that first one with the sun made the coin look darker. Perhaps this is better? Had to photograph that way to get more natural color. Still not a good photographer

I understand no one wants to risk an opinion?

I wanted to ask about this one because I found it very attractive. But also because of those tiny scratches in the FR spare.

It is not the first time I have seen a coin with otherwise perfect surfaces and bearing that kind of disturbance in some small area.

I have been wondering how these happen.
If they may happen in the planchet and not be erased by the strike?
If they may be a product of the minting itself, some garbage in the die?
If they are later damage due to some dirt or grain scratching the surface.

And if they condemn a coin for most collectors, or are seen as a minor distraction.

This was an especially good coin to ask about it because the oxidation there makes it more visible. I have seen several other mint state coins with similar small surface marks, and over time even added some to my collection. Always assumed mint damage. Here it is a "superb" coin and there is no more to tell.

Only recently I became more aware of the grading practices in North America, the Sheldon scale and also those classifications of 'details'. I have wondered how this was looked at there.

That is nice. I was afraid that small flaw alone would make a coin be disregarded. The details thing.

Why don't those with some scratch get evaluated anyway, with a note about being scratched?
After looking at how US coins are evaluated I have been more curious about how that scale applies. And when and why a coin is dismissed as ungradeable.

Would still collect it. This one was legal currency in my country. Worth 200 reis at the time.