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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2506764, member: 1892"]It may be just the photography, but I'm seeing enough general "bagginess" - marks in sufficient number to make one wonder - to have doubts whether it's Mint State. Conversely, one can expect circulation to begin wearing these tiny marks off almost immediately - it's why you'll see few "baggy" AU's. <i>The marks wear off first</i>. Not sure where to go with it, as a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm tentatively at MS61-62 for it. Have a close look at the mint mark - I could envision this as a late die state of the known RPM for the date where the center - weakened by having been punched twice - breaks off. Maybe just wishful thinking but the MM seems a bit "wide."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2506764, member: 1892"]It may be just the photography, but I'm seeing enough general "bagginess" - marks in sufficient number to make one wonder - to have doubts whether it's Mint State. Conversely, one can expect circulation to begin wearing these tiny marks off almost immediately - it's why you'll see few "baggy" AU's. [I]The marks wear off first[/I]. Not sure where to go with it, as a result. I'm tentatively at MS61-62 for it. Have a close look at the mint mark - I could envision this as a late die state of the known RPM for the date where the center - weakened by having been punched twice - breaks off. Maybe just wishful thinking but the MM seems a bit "wide."[/QUOTE]
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