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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 416474, member: 5233&quot;]I&#039;m finding this one quite interesting...so I&#039;ll give it a shot.&nbsp; By the way, when I say &quot;point&quot; I&#039;m using an imaginary term...not an actual grade point. :rolling:</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin (not yours), appears to have cleaner fields than your coin.&nbsp; I previously assumed that the marks to the left of liberty were bag marks but you said they are not...and since you have the coin in hand and I&#039;ll take your word for it.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, those marks are luster breaks or something...therefore I&#039;d say the second coin has cleaner fields (therefore...a &quot;point&quot; in it&#039;s favor).&nbsp; However, the hair above her ear is not as nicely struck on the second coin when compared to yours.&nbsp; Since this is another 1881-S, a coin with renowned strike quality, this hurts the second coin (so, take a &quot;point&quot; away).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d say that the reverses are about equal on both coins.&nbsp; Both appear to have minimal marks in the fields.&nbsp; Both have excellent strikes on the reverse.&nbsp; The second coin has what appears to be at least a PL reverse if not a DMPL reverse.&nbsp; However, the coin&#039;s obverse keeps the coin as a whole from earning the PL or DMPL labels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, for my grade.&nbsp; I&#039;ll admit that now that have looked closer...my original grade for your coin was a bit low.&nbsp; However, I also feel that MS68 is too high for a &quot;technical grade&quot; and believe that it is somewhere in the 66-67 range.&nbsp; I feel the same way for this coin.&nbsp; Now, as I said before, IMHO this coin has nicer fields but a weaker strike than your coin.&nbsp; So, I&#039;d say that those two factors cancel each other out.&nbsp; Since the reverses are about equal, I&#039;d say that NGC gave this coin a numerical grade of MS68.&nbsp; Now, my personal opinion of this coin is that it is no better than an MS67 because the strike is not as spectacular for an 1881-S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, because the reverse on this coin has strong PL appearance, possibly DMPL I feel that this coin was awarded a &quot;*&quot; as it does not earn the PL or DMPL labels because the obverse does not have a PL affect.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, my final &quot;technical&quot; grade for coin #2 is MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I believe that NGC graded it <b><span style="color: Red">MS68*</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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