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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2036478, member: 19165"]What scale are you using? R-9 means unique, or unknown (with 1 or less known examples). A coin with 24 examples known would be an R-6 coin (with between 13 and 30 examples). R-6 is described as "very rare". </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the coin itself, the gouge on the front precludes a straight grade. For those saying the rarity of the coin means that it should straight grade: this is market grading at its absolute worst. You are saying that the standards don't really apply to rare coins, and that they are graded differently. Is this really what you mean? Either a standard is the standard, or why bother having standards at all? </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the coin does not appear to have been cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2036478, member: 19165"]What scale are you using? R-9 means unique, or unknown (with 1 or less known examples). A coin with 24 examples known would be an R-6 coin (with between 13 and 30 examples). R-6 is described as "very rare". As for the coin itself, the gouge on the front precludes a straight grade. For those saying the rarity of the coin means that it should straight grade: this is market grading at its absolute worst. You are saying that the standards don't really apply to rare coins, and that they are graded differently. Is this really what you mean? Either a standard is the standard, or why bother having standards at all? Also, the coin does not appear to have been cleaned.[/QUOTE]
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