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<p>[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 3354963, member: 73995"]Except for the big scratch going from the B over the T and almost to the Y. the grade seems fine. But should limit the grade in this instance.</p><p>All the other areas that look like scratches are on the slab.</p><p>What you see as minor imperfections are left over from the planchet. Those are usually contributed to not enough strike pressure. IE full strike. But most likely a very rough planchet to start with and IMO they are mostly struck out, and wouldn't hold this particular issue from being a MS67. The difference between 65 and 67 is the usually just the quality of the luster. A fine luster will usually hide small imperfections.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 3354963, member: 73995"]Except for the big scratch going from the B over the T and almost to the Y. the grade seems fine. But should limit the grade in this instance. All the other areas that look like scratches are on the slab. What you see as minor imperfections are left over from the planchet. Those are usually contributed to not enough strike pressure. IE full strike. But most likely a very rough planchet to start with and IMO they are mostly struck out, and wouldn't hold this particular issue from being a MS67. The difference between 65 and 67 is the usually just the quality of the luster. A fine luster will usually hide small imperfections.[/QUOTE]
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