Austria, 6 Kreuzer, 1800, GENI MS65, is the grade correct?

Hello everybody!

This question is related to the previous topic I posted:

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic147406.html

Do you think this coin is in MS65 grade?

Thank you for your answers!

And the pictures from GENI website:

I would say it would be MS 65 if the coin was… round. Which it is unfortunately not or not anymore. 

JM

rmj

I would say it would be MS 65 if the coin was… round. Which it is unfortunately not or not anymore. 

JM

Thank you for answer!

If the coin is not round due to minting error/process it would still get the same grade as the perfectly round one. Plus, I think it is normal for a coin from the early 1800s to be not perfectly round. All other coin from this series that I have (including this type) are not perfectly round. So unless the coin was damaged, I would say it is not even an error.

Unfortunately, I cannot check the edge to verify it, because the coin is not mine. To me it doesn't look damaged, I didn't even think it was, before you mentioned it. But now I am curious what others think.

Fair enough but when PGCS mentions an above average strike I would be surprised if this allowed for lacks of metal or similar strike defaults. Uneven toning also calls for a lesser grade. Maybe here MS58/60. After all the grading system is recent and has to cater for recent very high level production processes. These did not exist back in time and we must maybe accept that older coins of higher grades are utterly rare and are museum pieces.

https://www.pcgs.com/grades