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<p>[QUOTE="JPeace$, post: 1841317, member: 42727"]1900-O: I think is above average for the grade. IMO, this one should have the green bean. Very nice MS64!</p><ul> <li>Breaks in the fields from 9:30 - 10:30</li> <li>Distracting mark above the eye</li> <li>Cheek is pretty clean, with only one slight ding (tough to see more from the pic)</li> <li>Strike is good, but still not complete. Hair above ear is average</li> <li>Reverse: Mark on the eagles head</li> <li>Reverse: field marks on between body and eagles left wing</li> <li>I can see the semi-PL on obverse and reverse</li> </ul><p>1880-S: I think this one is overgraded and can't believe they gave it a green bean</p><ul> <li>Way too many hits on the cheek for a 66. The 64 has a much better cheek and this is the main focal point on the obverse</li> <li>Clear die polish lines on the obverse and strong fields on the reverse as well.</li> <li>I'll bet this has a lot of luster in-hand and could almost be PL.</li> <li>Hard to tell more from the picture. It looks as if there is a slight luster break on the obverse at 5, put with PL pictures, that mark could be misleading.</li> </ul><p>I can't explain why the 80-S got the grade it did. Who graded it: NGC or PCGS? Not saying that has any difference as I've seen improperly graded coins in both holders. I'm just curious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JPeace$, post: 1841317, member: 42727"]1900-O: I think is above average for the grade. IMO, this one should have the green bean. Very nice MS64! [LIST] [*]Breaks in the fields from 9:30 - 10:30 [*]Distracting mark above the eye [*]Cheek is pretty clean, with only one slight ding (tough to see more from the pic) [*]Strike is good, but still not complete. Hair above ear is average [*]Reverse: Mark on the eagles head [*]Reverse: field marks on between body and eagles left wing [*]I can see the semi-PL on obverse and reverse [/LIST] 1880-S: I think this one is overgraded and can't believe they gave it a green bean [LIST] [*]Way too many hits on the cheek for a 66. The 64 has a much better cheek and this is the main focal point on the obverse [*]Clear die polish lines on the obverse and strong fields on the reverse as well. [*]I'll bet this has a lot of luster in-hand and could almost be PL. [*]Hard to tell more from the picture. It looks as if there is a slight luster break on the obverse at 5, put with PL pictures, that mark could be misleading. [/LIST] I can't explain why the 80-S got the grade it did. Who graded it: NGC or PCGS? Not saying that has any difference as I've seen improperly graded coins in both holders. I'm just curious.[/QUOTE]
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