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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1682274, member: 24633&quot;]Duke,</p><p><br /></p><p>On the 85-O, the light spot you see on the tip of her nose is where the orange and teal toning sort of begin to blend together. The mark there is so small that you have to look at the coin almost on a horizontal plane with a loupe to notice it. It is the same for the mark on her cheek. I&#039;ve often heard other collectors much more proficient at coin photography than I say that photos actually show more than what a grader would see without magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the 98-O, there is no mark on the ear. I&#039;m not sure what you see. There is a very slight abrasion in the weakly-struck hair above and to the right of the ear, but again, it is very slight even with magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>For what it&#039;s worth, I never said that I agree completely with the grades. All I did was offer my observations of the coins in hand, and I wanted to learn what other collectors would think based on my bad photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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