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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1948667, member: 29751"]Doug, I don't see any signs of "wiping". I see two microscopic possible luster breaks (that could just as easily be slightly funny lighting at a single angle). There is no way from those poor images to say that this coin was wiped -- one angle of one image has a slight anomaly that you have circled in red that looks nothing like wiping. </p><p><br /></p><p>All of the southwest to northeast scuffing on the first 2 images you re-posted above are clearly on the slab. That's what I was saying. The micro-grading of an entire coin based on your circled area is just silly. Without seeing the coin in hand those could just as easily be small die cracks/weakness or struck through a hair -- who knows. Or maybe they are from the <i>shovels</i> used to scoop these up into bags. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> lmao.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no horse in this race, but I find it humorous how nearly every coin posted on these boards you find some silly reason to say that it shouldn't have graded problem free. It's tiresome. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1948667, member: 29751"]Doug, I don't see any signs of "wiping". I see two microscopic possible luster breaks (that could just as easily be slightly funny lighting at a single angle). There is no way from those poor images to say that this coin was wiped -- one angle of one image has a slight anomaly that you have circled in red that looks nothing like wiping. All of the southwest to northeast scuffing on the first 2 images you re-posted above are clearly on the slab. That's what I was saying. The micro-grading of an entire coin based on your circled area is just silly. Without seeing the coin in hand those could just as easily be small die cracks/weakness or struck through a hair -- who knows. Or maybe they are from the [I]shovels[/I] used to scoop these up into bags. ;) lmao. I have no horse in this race, but I find it humorous how nearly every coin posted on these boards you find some silly reason to say that it shouldn't have graded problem free. It's tiresome. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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