Quote Originally Posted by Coinshooter link=topic=14383.msg151064#msg151064 date=1381252243
You would grade it that high?? I might have more then I originally thought. All I did was soaked it in hot water to get some of the dirt to break up, and it did. No rubbing it or anything like that as.
Grading colonial coins and especially early Mass silver is different from the other coins. Look over some examples that PCGS or other grading companies have. I'm guessing XF, but that is just a rough guess. The reason they grade different is in the manufacturing of the coin. The process often leads to weak strikes which do not affect the grade. So something that looks F or VF can actually be XF. Do some picture hopping on line and see what graded ones look like. Unbelievable find, and you did well not to do anything else to it, especially not giving it a little rub lol