PCGS Designation: 9873

Certificate: 37638245

Grade: F15

Obverse Die: Normal Die

Reverse Die: Normal Die

Stars: 13/22

Notes:  This is the first coin PCGS has ever graded as a Fine 15 for the Stone Mountain Half and we actually had two graded in the same submission.  This is a coin with a lot of the same wear patterns we see on higher grade coins, just more extreme in the wear pattern.

However because of the design of the coin it is going to be very difficult to distinguish between many of the grades clustered around Very Good and Fine.  Between the two coins, we think the other 37638245 may be more representative of the grade and this one may turn out to be more of a Fine 12 because of the reverse wear.

We were surprised to see that on the reverse the die cracks and breaks we often see are still visible.