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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2749117, member: 77413&quot;]That is a fair question, and the one I have been avoiding. Briefly, I think the scratches are obvious and it wouldn&#039;t grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am no expert and no one should put any weight on my opinion. Only about 10% of my coins are graded, and I don&#039;t have any Detail graded coins, and I have never sent a coin to be graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>To give decent consideration to your question, that may make me fit GSC&#039;s customer profile. They sell coins in the gap between high-end auction houses (all graded, slabbed, and problem-free) and local dealers (who often have questionable stuff themselves - and are likely open about it).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same area I exist in. I bid a lot at Heritage, but they sell for 3 to 10 times my bids. I buy from the LCS and try to get the best of the raw coins they sell. I buy online but I try to scour for bad photos and overlooked values. So for some things I have to accept a compromise.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin doesn&#039;t grade it may still be a good match for me. I don&#039;t plan to sell; I don&#039;t value slabs because I use 2x2&#039;s; and I like to see the features that the designer intended but not everything has&nbsp; to be perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this is the less short answer. I hope I respected your intent and acknowledge that it may not grade, but sometimes I don&#039;t want that to block me from having a coin I can enjoy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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