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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 955619, member: 6036&quot;]Just because it&#039;s in an old rattler doesn&#039;t mean it will upgrade. Many folks feel the grading standards were tougher back then, but even if that&#039;s true, consider this :</p><p><br /></p><p>Even back in the &quot;tougher grading standards&quot; days, any given coin in a holder was high-end for the grade, low-end, or somewhere in the middle. The vast majority of the old holders have been thoroughly picked over. Most that will upgrade have already been upgraded, leaving a body of coins which were mostly low-end for the grade by yesterday&#039;s standards.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grade the coin for yourself and decide </b>- by today&#039;s standards, is this a strong 65 ? Most of those proof Barbers are a bit hazy and have hairlines visible to the naked eye. If yours doesn&#039;t, maybe it&#039;s worth a try.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let the coin do the talkin&#039;... not the slab, old or new.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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