Surface Preservation
As I mentioned in the previous chapter, surface preservation includes the presence of bagmarks, hairlines from cleaning or mishandling, and any other imperfections of planchet, whether mint caused or man made.
Surface Preservation is the single most important factor in grading mint state coins. The other three factors appear to be approximately equal in value, each about half as important as surface preservation. (i.e. 40% + 20% + 20% + 20% = 100%).
Surface Preservation
The grading term used to describe the quality level of the surfaces of a coin. This can vary by the amount and location of bagmarks, chatter, hairlines, or rub. Surface preservation makes up about 30% of the overall grade.
surface preservation The condition of the surface of a coin. On weakly struck coins, this is a better indicator grade than is the coinsÂ' detail.
Surface Preservation: The number of marks on a coin and their placement are important factors in determining grade. There is no set formula that says "X" number of marks on a coin's surface means that it grades "Y.
Surface preservation: analysts look for bagmarks, hairlines from cleaning or mishandling and other perfections (mint caused or man-made), their severity and their location on the coin's surface.
Surface Preservation
Strike
Lustre
Eye Appeal
It then goes onto suggest that by rating an MS coin on a scale of 1 to 5 for each of these factors and adding the total (with double weight given to surface preservation) that you can use the result to ...
Struck counterfeit
Surface preservation The condition of a coin's surface.
Surfaces
The entire obverse and reverse faces of a coin.
Surface preservation. Abrasion on the surface of the coin and its location is a huge factor in grading a coin but it does not necessarily mean that abrasion can lower the grade of a coin.
These include but are not limited to strike, surface preservation (i.e., the number of marks present), luster, coloration and a combination of these factors which is known to numismatists as eye appeal.
Generally, technical grading is ultra critical of post-minting process imperfections affecting surface preservation and lustre. Technical graders often ignore strike and eye-appeal.
It can be characterized as more commercial than that of ANACS, incorporating all factors which the market considers when trading coins, including strike, luster, surface preservation (bagmarks and hairlines) and overall eye appeal (toning).
I would recommend an MS65 and such a coin will cost around $5,000-6,000. As usual, I'd look for a 19th century date versus a 20th but the most important thing to consider for such a coin is the appearance and surface preservation as opposed to the ...
patination in normally a very glossy dark brown cuprite, but they are often seen somewhat encrusted. These are seldom seem worn, so are graded according to visual appearance, which usually is most affected by casting quality and surface preservation.
 See also: Coin, Grading, Grade, Mint, Dollar
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