An above average strike, with fully white and frosty surfaces. Peppered with a number of bagmarks consistent with the grade, and a slight bruise above Liberty’s eye. The obverse motto exhibits some light doubling of the letters; there is some early die failure evident to the right of the reverse legend.

Certificate number: 8222256 (Generation 3 holder). PCGS has graded examples of this date more than 19,000 times and has certified eighty finer (a single MS 68 PL the finest). CAC has certified seventy-two at this level, and only nine finer (MS 66), as well as two MS 68 PL (the finest). (02-18)