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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 853057, member: 307&quot;]I guess what I was saying (rather poorly) was that this coin shows that the planchet flaws can look like contact marks, but are not. As you know, you look for them in the most recessed parts of the die, and with this coin, as one gets further from the center, the marks disappear.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would agree that for a 53-S, this coin is exceptionally well struck, but most people don&#039;t realize that my statement is relative to other 53-S, not to most other jeffersons.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people don&#039;t realize that strike characteristics for a date will figure in the grade. This coin is notoriously weakly struck, so finding one with a much better strike than this is quite a rare find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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