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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2854782, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Pickin and Grinin, posted: &quot;I see an improperly mixed alloy, or woodie, from the photos provided.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, a very minor one at that. Thank You! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>eddiespin, posted: &quot;<b>The luster breaks, especially on the reverse side, can cause a grader to be hard on this one.&nbsp; </b>The important thing is, the breaks are there, whether they&#039;re caused by an old attempt at cleaning or not. Whether the coin was in fact cleaned is irrelevant, except to a label-fanatic. The condition of <b>the reverse has luster breaks--period.</b> There&#039;s no meaningful reason to play detective on the origin of same, they&#039;re there. And on this coin, they&#039;re hardly what one would call &quot;fatal.&quot; <b><span style="color: #b300b3">Some bozo (...as in, &quot;professional grader&quot;</span></b>) wants to hang a label &quot;cleaned&quot; on it, now there&#039;s what one calls &quot;fatal.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a really small thing that I hate to even mention but please let me suggest in a nice way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> that you may wish to stop calling <b><span style="color: #ff0000">wear on a circulated coin </span></b>&quot;Luster Breaks.&quot;&nbsp; That&#039;s because there is no original luster left on this coin (to &quot;break&quot;) - not even in the recesses of the letters.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Your Pal, Mike <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; With a great deal of reading, study, and hands-on professionally supervised instruction, one day <span style="color: #b300b3"><b>you</b></span> may even reach the knowledge level of one of the newly-hired, twenty-something, rookie &quot;BOZOS&quot; at a major TPGS. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until then...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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