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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 6454755, member: 87737"]I guess it kind of comes down to experience with them, but it's always in the same location; cheekbone, jaw, forehead. Same thing with the Washington-Carvers; jawline, forehead, browline. These are all the highest highpoints on the obverse, and it's much much easier to tell with the coin in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both the BTW's and the W-C's weren't struck very well overall, and most will have the planchet marks, until you get into the 67's and up, which I think accounts for the huge price jump at 67 for both. I have seen some PCGS OGH's at 64 for clean cheeks, and those went for close to 67 money, most likely going to be cracked and resubmitted for the upgrade.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I'm looking at those 2 series, I'm looking at the fields, rim, and devices for hits that shouldn't be there. This is an example of 2 hits that shouldn't be there, and aren't planchet marks, and really is easy to discern in hand (it's the 47-S GTG from my other thread):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257355[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The lower mark is definitely a hit, but the upper mark has a 50/50 shot at a hit or a planchet mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 6454755, member: 87737"]I guess it kind of comes down to experience with them, but it's always in the same location; cheekbone, jaw, forehead. Same thing with the Washington-Carvers; jawline, forehead, browline. These are all the highest highpoints on the obverse, and it's much much easier to tell with the coin in hand. Both the BTW's and the W-C's weren't struck very well overall, and most will have the planchet marks, until you get into the 67's and up, which I think accounts for the huge price jump at 67 for both. I have seen some PCGS OGH's at 64 for clean cheeks, and those went for close to 67 money, most likely going to be cracked and resubmitted for the upgrade. When I'm looking at those 2 series, I'm looking at the fields, rim, and devices for hits that shouldn't be there. This is an example of 2 hits that shouldn't be there, and aren't planchet marks, and really is easy to discern in hand (it's the 47-S GTG from my other thread): [ATTACH=full]1257355[/ATTACH] The lower mark is definitely a hit, but the upper mark has a 50/50 shot at a hit or a planchet mark.[/QUOTE]
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