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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 2753191, member: 59677"]61, 62 ... not higher...</p><p><br /></p><p>Refer back to the original photos, use this as a guide:[ATTACH=full]631101[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The places where the star meets the outline are the 1st places to show wear on the obverse. Pretty clean except at K2 - but that's the tiniest bit and could be just a little weakness in the strike - the planchet marks argue for a little weakness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flip to the reverse. Note that the outline of the C is still present (Arrow A) in a few places. That is so delicate, you'll almost never see it below MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the edges of the diamond are not razor sharp (Arrows B) which would be required for high MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>The scuff (C) is certainly on the holder - note how it's edges don't match up with 'wear' on the coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 2753191, member: 59677"]61, 62 ... not higher... Refer back to the original photos, use this as a guide:[ATTACH=full]631101[/ATTACH] The places where the star meets the outline are the 1st places to show wear on the obverse. Pretty clean except at K2 - but that's the tiniest bit and could be just a little weakness in the strike - the planchet marks argue for a little weakness. Flip to the reverse. Note that the outline of the C is still present (Arrow A) in a few places. That is so delicate, you'll almost never see it below MS. However, the edges of the diamond are not razor sharp (Arrows B) which would be required for high MS. The scuff (C) is certainly on the holder - note how it's edges don't match up with 'wear' on the coin?[/QUOTE]
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