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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3846213, member: 15309&quot;]I don’t differentiate between reed marks or a regular bag mark, but yes, they should always negative impact the grade of the coin.&nbsp; The only question is “how much?”&nbsp; Obviously, Marks on the focal area (cheek) are gonna have much bigger effect than marks in the fields near the peripheral lettering.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am going to say something that might be very unpopular with Cointalk members.&nbsp; Marks that exist in heavily toned areas appear less prominent and as a result will often have a lesser effect than similar marks found in untoned areas.&nbsp; This was the original purpose of artificial toning, to hide problems such as cleaning, tooling etc. or to hide marks in an attempt to raise the grade.&nbsp; Once people started paying huge premiums for attractive rainbow toning and the doctors tried to replicate it, the artificial toning used to hide problems became known as Type 1 AT.</p><p><br /></p><p>So imagine the coin in question in this thread.&nbsp; The reed marks are a problem because they are very noticeable on the untoned focal area, but imagine if the toning that exists on the reverse was on the obverse instead.&nbsp; I submit that the coin would most likely have a higher grade.&nbsp; I have the coin graded MS64 with an outside chance at MS65, but if the toning was on the obverse it would be a no brainer MS65 with a shot at MS66.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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