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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 316783, member: 307&quot;]Doug:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hairlines and luster are not really used to grade Mint State coins, they are used to determine whether or not the coin is TRULY Mint State. A large number of hairlines will downgrade the coin to damaged status, and lack of luster will result in grades below MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried a million times to write a response to this, but in the end all I get is something that is not really on the mark of what I mean. I don&#039;t know your experience Doug, and so I am therefore slow to discount your advice, even when I don&#039;t agree. I still have a problem with Market Grading as I understand it... but maybe I just understand it incorrectly. Oh and BTW... the ANA can use any grading it wants, I don&#039;t have to subscribe to it. If you look at my track record here for grading, I think you&#039;ll find it to be neither overly harsh, nor over the top graded. I don&#039;t see a huge difference in how I grade vs. the ANA, I think I just maybe term it differently. I was hoping through discussions to learn and reconsile the differences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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