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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3431768, member: 101855&quot;]I am guessing that the first graded and the second one didn’t. It looks like the first one has been darkened, which helped cover up the finger prints on the obverse of the second one.</p><p><br /></p><p>On both I see something that looks like graffiti above the eagle’s head. Maybe they saw that the first time and didn’t the second. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for grading and “details” or body bags, I understand your disappointment. Years ago I had condition census 1797 large cent that had AU detail. It had some red corrosion on the reverse. When I submitted it, it came back in a body bag. I landed on my feet because I consigned it to a copper coin auction where it made it to the cover of the catalog. Later I saw the coin in a straight graded holder where it got the AU. </p><p><br /></p><p>You have to remember that these graders spend maybe a minute or two total, among all of them, when they grade coins. They don’d spend the time that we do grading coins. It can be one grade one time and a body bag the next or visa versa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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