Yup, BIG pix taken at close range don't do coins any favors, for sure. If you saw the coin's surface under a microscope you'd think you've landed on the Moon.
I second what Bear and the rest have said. Nice coin actually but too much activity to be much higher than a 4 or 5. JMHO.
Always took candy from strangers Didn't wanna get me no trade Never want to be like papa Working for the boss every night and day --"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
I don't know how much experience other folks have in the silver issues of Washington quarters, nor do I know how they interpret the images to come to a grade, but I have to be brutally honest and write that I would expect this coin to be in a PCGS MS65 or PCGS MS66 holder as long as there are not things going on with the surfaces of the coin that we cannot see in the images.
Ok all, the grade on this one is.....PCGS MS66. It's a MUCH nicer coin in person than the pictures show. If you look closely at the focals of Washington's cheek area you'll see how clean it is in this area despite other hits. The light "haze" on the obverse isn't a fingerprint....I wonder if it is just left over remnants from its mint set? What does the group think? Definitely not previously cleaned...check out the beautiful toning around the rims. Original skin for sure IMHO.
Washington Quarters have to the ugliest coins I have ever seen. Until this day I do not know why I own a complete set. Of course if miine all looked as nice as this one, I could have a change of heart.
Comments
breast and wing, several spots
on obverse field.Appears to have been
some type of cleaning in field in front of mouth
and neck. Not a bad coin all in all, probably MS-63/64
Magnification will always make marks look like the
Grand Canyon.
Camelot
I second what Bear and the rest have said. Nice coin actually but too much activity to be much higher than a 4 or 5.
JMHO.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
What it IS and what it ought to be we can haggle over all day and night.
If it were a 64 I don't believe he'd be proudly displaying it.
<< <i>If it were a 64 I don't believe he'd be proudly displaying it. >>
That thought crossed my mind. It must be a 65.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
dennis
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
<< <i>Ok all, the grade on this one is.....PCGS MS66. . >>
Wow, that's too many hits for a 66.