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Message:: [QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 25823734, member: 15309"]Now that the cat is out of the bag, I would like to delve further into what the NGC graders were thinking.  I think the only area that could be construed to be a wheel mark is at 6 o'clock on the obverse, good eye Larry. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/PBi1FRc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> That area shows some remnant planchet roughness that wasn't obliterated by the strike.  That isn't to say that the coin isn't well struck, it is.  Planchet roughness plagues Jefferson nickels and almost always, some level of roughness exists on the cheekbone, jawline, or shoulder.  This coin has very little on the face but a tiny bit shows on the shoulder.  That said, any professional grader should know this about the series, it is extremely common and is usually much worse than what is found on this 43/2-P.  Take a look at this 1944-P shown below. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/j21vTR9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> The planchet roughness is much more severe, but perhaps that helps explain what happened.  Virtually anyone could look at the 44-P above and realize that what they see on the shoulder is planchet roughness, but the subtle nature of the 43/2-P fooled the grader into thinking that it was a wheel mark.  I stand behind my statement that any professional grader at NGC or PCGS (or anywhere else) should know that this area of the coin routinely shows planchet roughness and to confuse it with a wheel mark that destroys the value of the graded coin is inexcusable.  Furthermore, the fact that the finalizer missed this and also deemed it a problem coin is equally as incompetent.[/QUOTE]

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