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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Big Money, post: 2360210, member: 77517&quot;]I think the marks in front of the chin are bag marks.&nbsp; In any case they will have no effect on whether the coin grades AU or MS.&nbsp; I learned that once the coin is considered MS, that&#039;s when marks can lower the MS grade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Although the coin has definite luster loss on the cheek and headband as pointed out, if the luster on the coin is this nice, the surfaces are &quot;clean&quot; (they are) and the strike is this full and complete (full feathers), in my grading class a coin like this will be graded MS-62. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The grading guides point out that gold coins with rub like this are now considered MS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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