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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 16071, member: 112&quot;]Howdy lincoln - </p><p><br /></p><p>First of all - my eyes are just about shot. I have to study a coin to see things that I used to be able to see in an instant. But that&#039;s where experience comes in handy. After a while - you just see things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for a couple more observations about these two coins re: grading. I&#039;ve already told you - I&#039;m not up on Liberty nickels when it comes to grading. But the principles are the same. For the sake of argument - we&#039;ll assume your coin has the same luster as the one in the ebay auction. Remember what I said about the luster ? If your coin has the same luster then I would say it is likely UNC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at your coin at the L in Liberty. Then look at the other coin. See the difference ? On the other coin the L is sharp &amp; clear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now look at the hair details on your coin - and the same on the other. In this case the details are more sharp &amp; clear on your coin. There is a bit of flatness in the hair at the top of the forehead on the ebay coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now look at the stars. On your coin the stars appear quite sharp for the most part. You can see the detail and raised lines running down each point except for two at 7 o&#039;clock. But on the other coin the stars at 3 o&#039;clock are nearly flat. The one at 12 o&#039;clock is not sharp at all and the ones at 7 could be improved as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the most part - the reverse of the two cins are about equal. The detail on the corn of your coin may be just a tad sharper though. The net result when to comes to grading - I would grade both coins the same - assuming the luster - at MS63.</p><p><br /></p><p>These two coins are good examples for a collector to see how two examples of the same coin can be so different but yet grade the same. Of course that by basing your grade on pics which is not always accurate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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