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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3299936, member: 15309&quot;]To be clear, are you saying you have not seen this coin in hand?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First, auction houses don&#039;t typically take oversized photos of AU CBHs unless the consignor specifically requests it.&nbsp; Heritage calls these photos &quot;beauty shots&quot; and they are reserved for high end coins, but are available upon request.</p><p><br /></p><p>That should have been the first clue that the coin was graded in the mint state range.&nbsp; The fact that you posted the coin most assuredly means that not only do you disagree with the grade, you intend to blast the TPG for their reckless grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>So when evaluating this coin, I looked for something that would cause you to claim it is a problem coin.&nbsp; Since I didn&#039;t find anything other than the funky color, I assumed that you were focusing on a net grade of what you consider and AU coin.&nbsp; The second set of photos make the coin look extremely lack luster and thus I downgraded what are very clean surfaces to the common net grade of MS62.</p><p><br /></p><p>The beauty shot of this coin makes it appear to have good luster and color, while the slab shot is about as unflattering a photo as could possibly exist.&nbsp; My guess is that the true appearance of the coin is somewhere in between, and that in hand the grade of MS64 would be acceptable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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