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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1650053, member: 27832&quot;]I... honestly don&#039;t know, so I assume the worst.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are definitely some hairline scratches; I don&#039;t know whether they could squeak by under &quot;ordinary wear&quot; on a coin this far from MS. And whenever I see that mottled, brown toning, I sort of assume that it&#039;s been badly dipped, but again, I don&#039;t have the knowledge or experience to trust my own judgement.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve studied photos, written criteria, and examples for Barber grading, and either the TPGs consistently overgrade them (coins that should be VG10 get F12, coins that should be F12 get VF20 or 25, and so on), or I still don&#039;t get it. Or both, of course. But I also see images of coins in &quot;problem-free&quot; slabs that look like they&#039;ve had harder lives than this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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