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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 3075000, member: 7638&quot;]allowing for some weakness of strike, that coin looks about like a F15 to me (using pcgs guide).&nbsp; It also may well have been cleaned ( the dark stuff around the stars and other design elements) and retoned.&nbsp; There are plenty of coins in graded holders with old cleanings. Some of them are quite nice looking.&nbsp; It really depends on what you like in your collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; If we insisted on total originality for our late 18th-early 19th c. circ. silver coins, I think nearly all of them would look like charcoal.&nbsp; I think some of the favorite coins in my collection fall into what Bill Jones calls &quot;original now.&quot;&nbsp; (Bill is an expert/retired dealer who often posts on the other coin forums).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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