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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 2705070, member: 86305&quot;]I did not mean to imply that all NO coins were weakly struck, only that Mint conditions and management were not always the best and they did produce some coins that I believe were not up to the quality of others.&nbsp; Also their storage conditions were not great with excessive heat, humidity, hurricanes, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>My experience tells me that without a high resolution professional photo condition is difficult to determine.&nbsp; This coin PCGS rated as an MS62 and it has lots of bag marks, some scuffing in the obverse fields, a really banged up obverse device, and flat breast feathers that might be weak strike or wear.&nbsp; The eagle&#039;s right wing shows similar overpolishing to his coin.[ATTACH=full]609460[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.1881o.com/20778874_62_57.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.1881o.com/20778874_62_57.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.1881o.com/20778874_62_57.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If I saw this one raw I probably would have rated it much lower.&nbsp; I like to have the coin in hand before passing final judgement.&nbsp; I still think low MS or high AU, but that is what makes this a fun hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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