That's what I was thinking too because the ear and crown look good, but there is blurring on the beard and moustache, but sometimes that happens because of a weak strike.
Quote: "neilithic"That's what I was thinking too because the ear and crown look good, but there is blurring on the beard and moustache, but sometimes that happens because of a weak strike.
That's good because the price I paid for it was in between the catalogue value for VF and XF. The reverse is a no brainer, it's definitely XF-AU, it's the obverse that had me stumped as to a grade.
Yeah,they are a bit ambitious with their grading there . Their example looks to be about XF while yours looks XF+. Following Charlton seems to put AU just out of reach for your coin. Very nice!
