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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1913535, member: 39084&quot;]It&#039;s very much to the credit of this coin that it has NOT been tooled in order to bring out the detail in the individual leaves of the laurel wreath.&nbsp; Far too many times, coins that are otherwise outstanding but lack fine detail in these areas are re-engraved to provide fine detail that simply wasn&#039;t in the original coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Realistically, I don&#039;t know what &quot;choice&quot; XF means anyway.&nbsp; In the more conventional grading system I would evaluate this coin as &quot;about EF/EF&quot; (obverse/reverse) and leave it at that.&nbsp; It&#039;s an excellent portrait and the reverse is simply outstanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, all the funny captions I can imagine are either R or X rated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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