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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Irespire, post: 766892, member: 14858&quot;]True. The color made it appear more worn in the small photo than it really was.</p><p><br /></p><p>However:</p><p><br /></p><p>This is more what I think of when I think &quot;XF-40&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=1987&amp;lot=1222&amp;imagetype=j2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=1987&amp;lot=1222&amp;imagetype=j2" rel="nofollow">http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=1987&amp;lot=1222&amp;imagetype=j2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Notice how this following piece was graded AU details...reminds me of the OP&#039;s coin with a weak strike:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2026&amp;lot=1248" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2026&amp;lot=1248" rel="nofollow">http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2026&amp;lot=1248</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Poorly struck XF-45: Notice the wear on the left leg that is mostly (presumably, a bit hard to see from the pics) absent from OP&#039;s coin; the coin easily wore there because of the bad strike:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2244&amp;lot=1602&amp;imagetype=j2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2244&amp;lot=1602&amp;imagetype=j2" rel="nofollow">http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2244&amp;lot=1602&amp;imagetype=j2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is another &#039;hammered strike&#039;:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2142&amp;lot=1121&amp;imagetype=j2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2142&amp;lot=1121&amp;imagetype=j2" rel="nofollow">http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2142&amp;lot=1121&amp;imagetype=j2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon up close examination I do not see much wear on the HA coin you gave at all, which makes me think that this example is actually undergraded. I have, in my opinion, seen coins like that in AU slabs. I also think whoever got it at that price got a great deal because it still retains a lot of eye appeal. A textbook example of people buying the slab, not the coin. Here&#039;s a comparable coin in terms of wear IMO, or close:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2026&amp;lot=1248" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2026&amp;lot=1248" rel="nofollow">http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2026&amp;lot=1248</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I maintain that the OP&#039;s coin has little actual wear either, but the heritage example is definitely nicer due to the strike and should have brought $150+ easily. I&#039;m surprised it only brought in $80. The OP&#039;s coin is probably around $100-$120 thus, regardless of &#039;wear grade&#039; because of the weak strike. It appears that there are many factors involved with this, and that the strikes vary to the extreme.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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