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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 421716, member: 15309&quot;]Personally, I don&#039;t think the amount of wear or the location of the friction on the coin matters.&nbsp; If the TPG grades the coin AU, they are recognizing the friction and the highest grade it can attain is AU58.&nbsp; If they choose to ignore the wear, then by default, the coin becomes a mint state coin and the process of grading a mint state coin takes over.&nbsp; It is possible to have a coin with immaculate surfaces, superb strike, booming luster, and great eye appeal along with wear.&nbsp; If the TPG recognizes the wear, it is AU, if not, the coin might very well be MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p>Case in point, what do you think the TPG graded this key date Walker?&nbsp; Photo courtesy of Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/AUWalker.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>:smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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