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<p>[QUOTE="illini420, post: 632479, member: 19423"]I sort of agree with your comments about the G06. I would love to find a better looking example w/o the exposed copper, but I think there are only about 10 others in this grade so it won't be easy. I showed the coin to a couple of dealers who deal in copper and a couple said the fresh rub wasn't a big deal and a couple of others didn't like it. I guess the graders that day didn't mind.</p><p> </p><p>I don't necessarily agree that the VG10 and F12 should be flipped grades, but I do think the VG10 is undergraded as it has F15 details on the obverse. However, the reverse of the VG10 is more worn (see the shield area on the reverse). I'm thinking this coin was net graded.</p><p> </p><p>Similar to my G06, I'd love to have a better example of an MS63RD, but there are only around a dozen others that exist so I took the first one I could find. It's got an awesome strike to it and has very very few hits. However, if it didn't have spots it wouldn't be a 63RD but instead a 64+. Most IHCs graded 63RD aren't too pretty to look at, otherwise they would be 64RDs. I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule though. Generally an MS62 coin would have issues too, but my 62BN is one of my favorites!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="illini420, post: 632479, member: 19423"]I sort of agree with your comments about the G06. I would love to find a better looking example w/o the exposed copper, but I think there are only about 10 others in this grade so it won't be easy. I showed the coin to a couple of dealers who deal in copper and a couple said the fresh rub wasn't a big deal and a couple of others didn't like it. I guess the graders that day didn't mind. I don't necessarily agree that the VG10 and F12 should be flipped grades, but I do think the VG10 is undergraded as it has F15 details on the obverse. However, the reverse of the VG10 is more worn (see the shield area on the reverse). I'm thinking this coin was net graded. Similar to my G06, I'd love to have a better example of an MS63RD, but there are only around a dozen others that exist so I took the first one I could find. It's got an awesome strike to it and has very very few hits. However, if it didn't have spots it wouldn't be a 63RD but instead a 64+. Most IHCs graded 63RD aren't too pretty to look at, otherwise they would be 64RDs. I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule though. Generally an MS62 coin would have issues too, but my 62BN is one of my favorites!![/QUOTE]
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