I'm terrible at grading these things (trimes)
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Will anyone offer opinions on the grade of this trime? It has been sitting on my desk for a few months now and I'm finally starting to get reorganized after a 9 straight show run.
What's your opinion on its grade?
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High XF/low AU.
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EF Details.
AU Details Cleaned
45 details cleaned here.
I'm in the AU Details, Cleaned camp...
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AU cleaned. Tough O mint.
I agree with the clean AU grade.
Hard to be specific on grade with those pics, but should be xf/au but appears cleaned. An 'O' mint to boot.
Jim
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XF 45 details, cleaned
EF but pretty harshly cleaned unless the picture is making it look worse than it is. Like the O mintmark.
Mark
Burton's cheat sheet to grading circulated times.
/1/ Check the reverse ... if the large C has the outlines still, it's high AU or MS.
/2/ On the obverse, count the number of points on the large shield that show definite wear (where the two planes of the start point meet). First one makes it XF-45, subtract one grade for each additional point - takes you down to VF-20.
/3/ On the reverse, count the number of diamond, orbs, and bars that show definite wear. Be careful to distinguish wear from the strike. Diammond only is XF-45, subtract one grade for each matching set of orbs or bars. If two bars above the diamond show wear that's two grades. If one above and one below show, that's just one grade.
Pick the lower grade
below VF20 you are looking at the overall flatness of the high points - the shield and the ribbon.
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Grade them, hell I can barely see them.
AU Deets cleaned here too.
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Here is a nice AU53 for comparison
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40 details-cleaned
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I;m in the xf details camp. You should've brought that to Richmond!
The main difference between AU and EF is mint surfaces. That coin has none of the textures that it left the mint with left
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AU sharpness, cleaned with lots of hairlines, especially on the obverse. The long brown line on the obverse, is a planchet defect.
I would say it is a 40, cleaned..... Cheers, RickO