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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WashQuartJesse, post: 748089, member: 18323&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I made it a point to study raw coins in my series very closely because I felt completely inadequate. I did this for several months and spent hours at it each day. I did so without viewing or referring to tpg examples. Having piles of raw uncirculated coins to look at really sharpened my eye. I guess you could say I forced myself to develop my own personal standard based on what I was seeing raw and reading. When I felt I had acquired a true and honest understanding I started really looking at slabbed examples and dealers coins more closely. You guys have said this time and time again...you want to learn how to grade....you look at lots of the same coins.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I think there are some similarities between this series and mine which is why I feel that I&#039;m in a position to comment on this coin. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Contacts on the portrait, such as those seen here, would automatically rule out 65 in my book. Criss-crossing/inconsistant hairlines, such as those seen here (at least what I&#039;m seeing), would be deemed &quot;problematic&quot; in my log. As far as I&#039;m concerned, problematic =&#039;s scrap. These are no-brainers for me, very obvious blemishes, I can&#039;t begin to understand how a TPG could deem this coin over 63 with those punches on the face, but I&#039;m not surprised. When I find myself wondering where some hairlines came from that usually tells me something.... tells me to find a better example.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I hope I&#039;m not coming across as a jerk. I just totally disagree with that grade.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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