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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mountain Man, post: 20380042, member: 94733&quot;]Help me out here folks. I probably shouldn’t even try to post, as my meds are messing me up, but I still get excited when it comes to collecting, so here I go.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it may seem strange that I am still spending money to collect, when no one in my family cares about my collection and it will be sold off when I’m gone, but I am.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still view auctions and sales, and when an item of interest comes up, I at least follow it, and will sometimes bid on it, as I did with this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As some of you know, I collect and enjoy the classic commemoratives, so when one pops up that I don’t have, I get a bit excited. I have the 1921 Alabama “plain” but not the 2x2. They don’t come up often and are usually more money than I like to spend. With only 6,000 minted, they can be elusive and pricy, so when this one came up, I followed it to the hammer and bid what I thought was a reasonable amount, but had little expectations in winning it. Surprise, surprise, I got it for $153.00, biding at the very last second.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I wanted to see if I got a fair deal on the coin, so did additional research, over and above what I had previously done, but with no information on grading this commemorative, or commemoratives in general, I’m at a loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without commemoratives being part of Photograde, I can only go on what others like it have been graded. My dilemma comes in that even the high grade ones, that sells for up to and over $1000, have the same “worn” appearance. Seems the coins were all weakly stamped, so things like the eagles feet are never clear, and much of the eagles feathers look worn on even a MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, will you please put your mind to trying to honestly grade this coin, with explanations of why you chose the grade?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am including a few photos of previously sold that were graded, as a comparison. </p><p><br /></p><p>My coin (sellers photos as I don&#039;t have the coin in my possession yet)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540633[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540634[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a VF30</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540643[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1540642[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a EF40</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540637[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1540638[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is a AU50, details (cleaned)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540635[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1540636[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a MS62</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1540640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1540641[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thoughts and ideas on my coin as to grade and value?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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