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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bahabully, post: 854789, member: 17555&quot;]Round 9 recap:</p><p><br /></p><p>First,, congratulations JustaFarmer,, your ranked,, and your jumping in on top.&nbsp;&nbsp; That said, you have significantly fewer grades than most of the players, so any signifianct misses from here on out will be more costly to the bottom line that for others.... no pressure <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, welcome Se-collect.... 6 more grades to get ranked.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS grades - </p><p>11D - MS61 BN - got a few folks here.</p><p>83DD - MS62 RD - yeah, I said RED.. </p><p>18S - MS62 RB </p><p>11S - MS60</p><p><br /></p><p>Opinions:</p><p>11D - I lightened the reverse to better show the details because I found the nice details and lack of any significant hits important... very nice reverse imo.&nbsp;&nbsp; Darker and less cleaned looking in hand.&nbsp; The MS&#039;ish reverse in countered by the obverse with appears to have some rub on the cheak and above the ear (minimal but apparently there),, also has a lot of nics on liberty and lettering... dunno AU obverse and MS reverse = MS61 ?</p><p>83DD - I got this one simply as a conversation piece... it&#039;s in a RED holder, so begs the question, is the toning post slab, and if so, wt heck caused it.&nbsp; Or, is it an ANACS mistake, where the holder should have said RB.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can say the toning is pleasing to me and nicer in hand, the boarder of the dark and red is ringed by an explosive red orange tone that can be seen but not fully appreciated in the pics.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>18S - I like the coin for the obverse details.&nbsp; This is one where I could see how the wear above the ear is mostly due to strike rather than wear because of the weak reverse strike,, telling me that most of the metal was pushed into the obv part of the die for some reason and could have imparted some flatness on the higher points in the design....&nbsp; anyway,, nice obv strike, lots of details,,, and a weak rev strike with a few nics.</p><p>11S - No significant nics that I can see on obv or reverse,, maybe the marginal strike kept the grade at 60,, dunno,, imo it&#039;s an upgrade candidate.&nbsp; Which I really liked because of the date.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nice in had and has a good deal of brown luster.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Awards for this set of cents:</p><p>Best - Shoe - 2.0 &gt; Hey,, from HA to top of the world.. good round ! </p><p>HA - BadThad - 5.75 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />,,,, the AU50 on the 83DD really hurt.&nbsp; </p><p>Others:</p><p>RLM&#039;s - 2.5 , for this round, solid.</p><p>Louie2bits - 4.0</p><p>JustaFarmer - 4.0 , the au50 on the 11d hurt,, but you earned your 1st dropped score too, so overall grades are outstanding.</p><p>SE-collect - 4.5</p><p>Duke - 3.75</p><p><br /></p><p>A tougher round here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Round 10.. and another four.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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