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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 3253289, member: 7638&quot;]Lehigh, you are the resident Jefferson nickel expert here, I think, so I&#039;d like to pick your brain for a minute.&nbsp;&nbsp; My guess was 65, I did read the jaw marks as planchet roughness, but I also read that as an incomplete strike.&nbsp; In addition, the extreme die wear (which created the spectacular luster) also makes the devices somewhat mushy. To my mind that should limit the grade to gem with maybe a bump for the luster.&nbsp; So, does die wear/incomplete strike factor into grading to any extent? should it?&nbsp; Does eye appeal (perhaps the most subjective grading factor) trump all? And, if you made this one from the raw, that is a spectacular score![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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