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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2601422, member: 24314&quot;]I disagree.&nbsp; Much ado?&nbsp; This and every coin is a &quot;teaching opportunity.&quot;&nbsp; IMO, the pictures are sufficient for anyone to view and make a determination (perhaps some closer to the actual TPGS and some not) of the effect the mark has on the coin&#039;s &quot;<span style="color: #b30000">straight</span>&quot; grade.&nbsp; The only thing that would &quot;detail&quot; this coin is the originality of its surface.&nbsp; In the OP, the coin looked less original than in subsequent images.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish there was a professional numismatist or two presently working at a major grading service here to give an opinion as to &quot;detail&quot; or &quot;straight&quot; grade.&nbsp; Unfortunately for us, not one of the three I&#039;ve asked wants anything to do with online forums.&nbsp; I do know that Jay monitors the NGC forums and a few long retired graders like Tom D. post on CU, but we are not so lucky over here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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