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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhoggman, post: 406470, member: 13987&quot;]I would agree that pictures/ scans et cetera are not always the best, and rarely ever capture &quot;the coin&quot;, but I would still question whether this QE has actual wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think an awful lot of mint state gold has been touched or lightly thumbed. To me that is not circulation, but I have heard that sometimes this type of noticeable action can get a coin bumped down to AU. Especially if it darkens the coin.... So you may be right.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is also very hard to tell whether some of those spots are actually &quot;dark&quot;, as I have all kinds of trouble taking pictures of gold. Nevertheless I can&#039;t really see why this coin would ever be graded AU.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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