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Message:: [QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26420141, member: 104064"]Thanks for the responses. My buyer's bias puts it more in the AU camp. If you look at auction archives, TPGs seem all over the place in the XF45-AU53 range with these. I mean, wear-wise what really is the difference between this PCGS XF45 (left) and AU53? Something to do with luster, or crap shoot?[ATTACH=full]1685667[/ATTACH]I won't argue against cleaning, but I don't think "harshly" applies. Undeniably there are hairlines but in hand it's difficult to get the light at just the right angle to see them. There's still a lot of luster in hand. Note also that a lot of these show the dark band in the fields and the abrupt change to light in the protected areas in the legends, like the above. My first image accentuates this. There. I've over-analyzed this enough. The GC VF35 I was watching sold for almost exactly what I paid for mine ($145). I prefer to have the added detail despite the probably cleaning. I was also in my "just to have one" phase and not interested in plastic, which has changed since then. I probably overpaid. [ATTACH=full]1685670[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]