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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 94394, member: 112&quot;]Just for the sake of discussion take a look at these pics.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/other_pics/550204o%20test%201.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Those are the high points for the obverse. See how these spots are a different color than the rest of the devices ? Also notice how there is no luster in these areas ? That is what light wear on silver looks like. I&#039;ll buy that the details are not fully struck up in these areas, and I&#039;ll accept that without them being fully struck there would be no metal flow to produce the luster. But now look at the next pic - </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/other_pics/550204o%20test%202.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>These spots are not the high points - and yet they show the same telltale darkness and lack of luster for light wear on a silver coin. These areas are fully struck IMO and thus the only reason for the lack of luster would be light wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the reverse - </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/other_pics/550204r%20test%201.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>For the reverse, these are the high points. And they show the same telltale signs as the obverse. So in my opinion this coin, while being absolutely killer in all respects, should rightfully grade as AU58.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not in the least surprised in the grade assigned by SEGS. The coin has dynamite luster, is well struck and it has all the eye appeal in the world. It&#039;s a gorgeous coin !! And I will also readily agree that even NGC and PCGS will sometimes overgrade these coins - especially if they look like this one. But they don&#039;t always. Quite often they call a spade - a spade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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