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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1693691, member: 18157&quot;]I just don&#039;t see the wear that would make this an AU coin...(sorry).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll agree that the major TPGs likely won&#039;t grade this coin as FBL due to their literal interpretation of the designation...the scuff marks across the bell lines prohibit such a designation. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, there&#039;s another school of thought which suggests that special &quot;strike&quot; designations such as FBL, FB, FH, etc are designations of the &quot;overall&quot; strike quality of the coin...irrespective of any scuff marks it may have endured. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m of that school of thought and feel this coin is well struck...and deserving of the FBL designation...(jmho).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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