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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2797762, member: 78244&quot;]Well, I showed her around at a show, and the variety of opinions was interesting. I covered up the grade to receive unbiased opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>One guy I know from my coin club said it was XF. He blamed the grade on old-school, by-the-book technical grading. He is a member of EAC, so I guess he EAC graded my half. No problem there. It was nice hearing him discuss the difference between technical grading and market grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people called it AU-55/58, and one said that many dealers would sell it as an MS-61. They all said that there were obvious, yet subtle, points of wear. Looking at the coins they had for sale showed that there are different grading standards for buying and selling, the latter being much looser.</p><p><br /></p><p>One said it artificially toned. After talking with this dealer, it became apparent that he really knew what he was doing. He also priced all of his coins fairly, so I spent the most money at his table.</p><p><br /></p><p>One person questioned why I had covered up the slab label, and figured that I had done so to hide a &quot;cleaned&quot; designation, so he called it cleaned. When I told him that it graded AU-55, he said &quot;Oh. Then it is a nice coin.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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