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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 469308, member: 15309&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than the obvious fact that the photographic quality of the last two coins far exceeds the photographic quality of the first two coins, I will give it a shot.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin appears to be either PL or semi PL with a clean focal areas.&nbsp; The cheek only has a few minor distractions.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it is very difficult to comment on the luster, strike, or eye appeal of this coin given that photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is most likely a DMPL with slight haziness in the fields.&nbsp; The cheek is very clean but there are some distractions on the nose and neck that limit the grade of the obverse.&nbsp; Still a solid 66 IMO.&nbsp; I am sure this is an impressive coin in hand despite the rather poor photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin is rather eye appealing due to booming luster and a sharp strike.&nbsp; Although the focal areas including the cheek are not nearly as clean as the first two coins, I have no problem with this coin in a MS66 holder even if the CAC won&#039;t sticker it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last coin is problematic.&nbsp; There are just too many distractions for this coin to reside in an MS66 holder.&nbsp; The strike and luster rival that of coin number 3 and I do like the peripheral toning, but the number of marks on the cheek, neck, and fields are just too much for me.&nbsp; I hate to admit it, but I think NGC overgraded this coin.&nbsp; Personally, I wouldn&#039;t even classify this as a PQ 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to overall trends, I hope you are not going to tell me that the first two were graded years ago and the last two were graded recently which shows a loosening in NGC&#039;s standards over the years.&nbsp; Because if you are, I will say that it is not a big enough sample size to reach that conclusion.&nbsp; However, that might just be a mind trick because of the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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