MS60? 1 1

[Carterofmars]

MS60... better or worse? 

Edited Wednesday at 01:45 AM by Carterofmars

[VKurtB]

Better.

[Sandon]

   Once again, it's quite difficult to grade coins from photos. This 1918 Illinois commemorative half dollar does appear to be mint state, unimpaired, and likely a higher grade than MS 60, which would be a coin that is heavily marked and/or very dull, spotted, or lackluster. There could be "rub" or other issues that I can't see in the photos.

   By way of comparison, PCGS graded this example of the same issue MS 64:

 

 

[Carterofmars]

MS64?

[powermad5000]

While I think you have a commemorative half that has original surfaces, it is possible it may have been "dipped" and could grade as details for "cleaned". That could only be ascertained by having the coin in hand which you do. If it were to numerically grade, I think you would be MS 63 at best as I see some marks on both sides of the coin in the fields and also one dimple on Abe on the obverse from being mishandled or just stored improperly at some point in the past. These marks I feel would surely preclude it from achieving an MS 64 grade.

It is a nice coin though! Cool!