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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 508383, member: 16510&quot;]<b>This coin is an EF-40</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s very close but I&#039;ll say XF-40 all day long. It is true that sent to ABC boys it would be a VF-35 but what do they know? Seriously, compared to other Barber halves&#039;s that are available it should at least warrant XF-40 $$$.</p><p>This brings up a fine point of grading generally not leaned without much &quot;hands on&quot; experience.</p><p>I&#039;ve seen on here grading opinions given as if it were some kind of exact science like<b> technical grades, market grades</b> and so on.</p><p>You basically have to learn those aspects of grading to then unlearn them.</p><p>In 1998 I found one the rarest Washington Quarter doubled dies known - it was 1971-P DDR-001. It is so rare and so few have been found I think it has been deleted from Cherry Picker&#039;s Guild, (at least it&#039;s not in my copy).</p><p>Wexler attributed it for me and both he and Potter did a Coin World article about it. I sent it in to ANACS to be graded, I thought it might get a high VG or low F at best. It was baggy, no luster, dull grey and had some rim bumps if I remember correctly. ANACS sent it back graded AU-53. I could not believe it it blew my mind. I then sold it to Crawford and discussed the grade with him, Potter and others. From what I learned up to that point (and I think still now) there was only 6 in existence and my coin was the highest graded one. Yes, they graded it in relation to known examples believe it or not - that was the only explanation.</p><p>There is many forms of grading and they are all subject to revision and different forms of interpretation. The finer points of this subject are only learned through experience and time plus all of us sharing freely what we have learned.</p><p>Ben Peters[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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