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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8438820, member: 24314&quot;]It seems that both you and the professional graders agree.&nbsp; That&#039;s why many beat up or circulated coins are graded higher than others.&nbsp; Eye appeal trumps everything. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Seated dollar that just made the VF grade (if I remember).&nbsp; The letters are weak due to strike.&nbsp; By the book, &quot;Liberty is not full and at least three letters are visible so some would only grade this coin VG.&nbsp; That&#039;s too low. </p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: #ff0000">This was not a grading quiz. </span></font></b> I can no longer see what one member wrote but is was something about trying to grade a coin by one small part of it.&nbsp; <i>As I posted many times, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;m <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> not interested in being told how I should post.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Only one member understood the hint and posted ALL that was there to see INCLUDING the # of letters.&nbsp;&nbsp; The owner of this coin paid good money for a coin with <span style="color: #00b359"><b>nice eye appeal.</b></span>&nbsp; Unfortunately for him, he missed the &quot;ham-fisted&quot; attempt to make the shield sharper by caving a groove around the shield.&nbsp; The top of the shield is a less obvious part of the alteration. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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