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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 3015987, member: 90692&quot;]63 at my first gaze, but then I figured the contact marks and rim dings and thought 62.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really nice coin.&nbsp; Saw no wear on the hair above the ear, nor on the shoulder, lapel or bowtie, high points I use regularly to grade.&nbsp; And the reverse was clean too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The eye appeal says 63, but I use &quot;evidence of wear&quot; (EOW) and &quot;evidence of circulation&quot; (EOC) as criteria.&nbsp; If you throw out all subjective criteria, 58++ for EOC.&nbsp; And that&#039;s where Pickin and Grinnin gets his slider grade.&nbsp; I agree.</p><p><br /></p><p>I avoid &quot;wishing&quot; a grade on a coin when grading.&nbsp; I use technicals (wear, CMs, strike) first, to get me in the ballpark, then subjectives (luster, eye appeal) to fine tune.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ask myself &quot;would others agree?&quot;, and if I would buy that coin at that grade.&nbsp; Then I&#039;m confident with the grade and can argue its&#039; merits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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