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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1534393, member: 2972&quot;]Each one you miss?&nbsp; What&#039;s that, like 1 in 10?&nbsp; lol&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, I think most people (a) overestimate the importance of hits and (b) underestimate the importance of luster when it comes to grading high mint state coins.&nbsp; Given that photos generally show hits much larger than they appear and show luster poorly only adds to the challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also FWIW, I rarely blow up the photos or spend more than a second looking at the photo of reverse before settling on a grade.&nbsp; I grade the coins in about 5 seconds -- which is about the same amount of time as a professional grader, from what I&#039;ve been told.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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