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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4489504, member: 24314&quot;]IMHO, these coins are SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO overgraded it is virtually impossible to instruct anyone on how to do it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 1970&#039;s this would go into the files as an XF-45.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, with strict grading it would be an AU-50.&nbsp; If the obverse had as little friction as the reverse it would have a chance of sliding into the Commercial MS-61 grade.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The hairlines hurt the coin more than the wear.&nbsp; </p><p>So without the hairlines an NGC AU-58.</p><p>I&#039;m going to <b><span style="color: #b30000">guess</span></b> with the amount of friction and hairlines it is <span style="color: #b30000"><b>over graded</b></span> as an NGC AU-55.&nbsp; AU-53 would be an excellent grade and the MAXIMUM I would give it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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