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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4390429, member: 105571&quot;]A lot of very intriguing opinions, for which I am grateful.&nbsp; Even though this is not an official GTG event, the tabulation of opinions is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade:&nbsp; MS-65&nbsp; - One</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AU-58&nbsp; - Two</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AU-55&nbsp; - Six</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AU-53&nbsp; - One</p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaned:&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes&nbsp; - Three</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe&nbsp; - Two</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the synthesis of my own opinion, enriched with your expertise is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade is AU-55 with obverse clearly better than reverse.&nbsp; This follows the general principle that the reverse can&#039;t help the grade but it can hurt it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was the coin cleaned?&nbsp; I&#039;m saying &quot;yes&quot; even though only 3 respondents out of 11 said &quot;yes&quot; and 2 said &quot;maybe&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe those that were silent on the issue were just being polite?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I am left with the conclusion that the coin received a light, mechanical cleaning.&nbsp; It is probably enough to prevent a straight grade if submitted to the TPGs.&nbsp; I don&#039;t intend to do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to everyone for their participation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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