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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 4576738, member: 87737"]So MS66 got 10 votes, and there 4 who voted for "Grade bump or +/* for color/eye-appeal". So that puts the general consensus around 66/66+*/67. </p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate everyone's input, and maybe I'm just too critical of my own coins, but I put it at 65/65+*, with a maybe 66, and here's why (and I'd love to hear any additional thoughts on my assessment).</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the color is awesome, and the luster is pretty bangin', but after spending too much time looking at the coin at 10x, there are a few hits that I think might kep it at 65. Nobody here mentioned (noticed?) the hits, so maybe they aren't even that distracting, but I can't unsee them, even with the coin's beauty. Only one is visible with the naked eye (reading glasses properly installed), and that's only if you know to look for it, but here are the hits (not including rim dings which [USER=18157]@yakpoo[/USER] mentioned);</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133114[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this strictly for the color (I already have a blast white in 66 which doesn't really look good with my mostly toned almost complete set)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 4576738, member: 87737"]So MS66 got 10 votes, and there 4 who voted for "Grade bump or +/* for color/eye-appeal". So that puts the general consensus around 66/66+*/67. I appreciate everyone's input, and maybe I'm just too critical of my own coins, but I put it at 65/65+*, with a maybe 66, and here's why (and I'd love to hear any additional thoughts on my assessment). Of course the color is awesome, and the luster is pretty bangin', but after spending too much time looking at the coin at 10x, there are a few hits that I think might kep it at 65. Nobody here mentioned (noticed?) the hits, so maybe they aren't even that distracting, but I can't unsee them, even with the coin's beauty. Only one is visible with the naked eye (reading glasses properly installed), and that's only if you know to look for it, but here are the hits (not including rim dings which [USER=18157]@yakpoo[/USER] mentioned); [ATTACH=full]1133114[/ATTACH] I bought this strictly for the color (I already have a blast white in 66 which doesn't really look good with my mostly toned almost complete set) [ATTACH=full]1133115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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