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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bahabully, post: 838499, member: 17555&quot;]Round 3 recap:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PCGS grades - </p><p>23s - AU55</p><p>13 - BB (questionable color)</p><p>26d - MS60</p><p>17d - AU55</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Per request, my opinions:</p><p>23s - Nice coin in hand, nice color, normal weakish strike, but on par or abit better than many I&#039;ve seen.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s hard for me to grade weak strikes, as the line between wear and strike is often hard to differentiate, especially in this grade.&nbsp; A tough coin to grade.&nbsp; I probably would have said 50.&nbsp;&nbsp; Round 4 will have another wear/strike grader like this.</p><p>13 - dunno,, I submitted this one with my other blue 13 that I love so much... never would have wasted the $ if I thought the color was anything other than normal.&nbsp; Figured it was just natural dulling/toning of a red coin.&nbsp; There is nice sunset hues here and there on this coin and a color that is very comparable to other graded red and RB&#039;s I have.&nbsp; I held them side by side before making the decision to let it ride to pcgs,,, I did have some hesitation due to its somewhat unique tone, but felt it was comparable enough to have an honest shot at grading... my guess was 85% chance.&nbsp; </p><p>26d - very nice brown in hand, clean and somewhat reflective fields, a touch of wear above the ear and a few minor hits here and there,,, I might have said 62.</p><p>17d - Nicer brown color in hand than in the magnified pictures.&nbsp; You can&#039;t really see the little specks and is much less dirty looking in hand and not magnified.&nbsp; I would have missed this one badly also.&nbsp; maybe 63.&nbsp;&nbsp; It appears to have better detail than the 26d imo, but less reflective and maybe a bit dirtier look.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Awards for this set of cents:</p><p>Best - Mark_h - 4.5</p><p>HA - BadThad - 7.75</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now on to round 4.</p><p>We&#039;ll do seven cents in round 4.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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