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<p>[QUOTE="Ethan, post: 1915579, member: 68800"]Well I am told I can not grade worth a crap so I went under. Thank you for the AU vote. You see here is the way I look at it. It can not be mint state as the luster is impaired on the obverse. I see no wear to speak of so AU seems reasonable to me, but in every other post were I have tried I have been told I go to high, so I settled down one from my guess.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest, we thought we could remove it with a fingernail. Well it was much harder than we thought. That stuff is like Lexan. I would say it was at least 1/8" and you can see from the pics someone had tried to get it off. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back when I was looking for a way to remove it, one person had a really neat idea. Freeze it and then cover with a towel and crack it with a hammer. I am glad I did not choose that one...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ethan, post: 1915579, member: 68800"]Well I am told I can not grade worth a crap so I went under. Thank you for the AU vote. You see here is the way I look at it. It can not be mint state as the luster is impaired on the obverse. I see no wear to speak of so AU seems reasonable to me, but in every other post were I have tried I have been told I go to high, so I settled down one from my guess. To be honest, we thought we could remove it with a fingernail. Well it was much harder than we thought. That stuff is like Lexan. I would say it was at least 1/8" and you can see from the pics someone had tried to get it off. Back when I was looking for a way to remove it, one person had a really neat idea. Freeze it and then cover with a towel and crack it with a hammer. I am glad I did not choose that one...[/QUOTE]
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