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<p>[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 1436880, member: 2972"]A slider? AU? Damaged? The coin was cut from mint packaging. The TPGs will call that coin uncirculated. The ticks and taps you see are mostly remnants from striking, very typical of the bicentennial issue, and I suspect that's why some people have graded it low MS, and very few of them have spent any time looking at MS Ikes in mint sets or slabs. I would be shocked if they graded it lower than 63 -- but it is the luster not the ticks and taps that will likely limit/set the grade and luster is very difficult to judge from the photos provided. Respectfully...Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two MS 66s:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/49824797/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/49824462/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. the most experienced Ike collector that I am aware of on this form would be 19lyds. You might PM him and solicit his opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 1436880, member: 2972"]A slider? AU? Damaged? The coin was cut from mint packaging. The TPGs will call that coin uncirculated. The ticks and taps you see are mostly remnants from striking, very typical of the bicentennial issue, and I suspect that's why some people have graded it low MS, and very few of them have spent any time looking at MS Ikes in mint sets or slabs. I would be shocked if they graded it lower than 63 -- but it is the luster not the ticks and taps that will likely limit/set the grade and luster is very difficult to judge from the photos provided. Respectfully...Mike Here are two MS 66s: [img]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/49824797/original.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/49824462/original.jpg[/img] p.s. the most experienced Ike collector that I am aware of on this form would be 19lyds. You might PM him and solicit his opinion.[/QUOTE]
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