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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;orifdoc, post: 2902664, member: 82261&quot;]My favorite pick-up point for wear is the rock that the eagle is sitting on. There are shallow ridges on the rock which show wear very easily. It’s pretty easy with a loupe to pick up the loss of surface texture (be it frost, flow lines, or whatever) on the high points.&nbsp; What is NOT as easy is to figure out what the TPGs will do. With sliders, I’m of the opinion that they give the nicer ones low MS grades and the not-as-nice ones AU grades.&nbsp; Luster and eye appeal seem to swing the pendulum a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there’s easily visible rub on the cheek or chin it will always end up as an AU.&nbsp; The 58 posted shows this clearly on the cheek. I like the OP’s coin and it has the look of old, original skin.&nbsp; I was at AU55 with a possible AU58 grade, but I tend to be overly harsh with these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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