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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AngelKitty, post: 1452541, member: 37889&quot;]Hi! I recently bought a beautiful Seated Liberty half dollar. I know a bit about general grading (I can tell the difference between &quot;fine&quot; and &quot;uncirculated&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) I&#039;m trying to learn a bit more about he fine points of grading and the distinctions on coins that could float in either direction. The seller listed a grade but I&#039;m not going to post it here so as not to influence your opinions. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is the half I bought:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]180220.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m tossed between EF/XF and AU on this one. I&#039;m leaning towards AU, but there&#039;s some wear on the top of Liberty&#039;s head that gets me - it&#039;s not very pronounced but it&#039;s definitely there. There&#039;s also some wear on the reverse (on the tops of the eagle&#039;s wings and on its head), but it&#039;s less noticeable than the wear on Liberty&#039;s head. There are some minute dings on Liberty&#039;s right arm and there&#039;s a small scratch on the reverse slightly below 3 o&#039; clock. These are the only spots of wear that I can really see on my end. The coin still exhibits a bit of cartwheeling, especially on the reverse, but I&#039;m unsure if this affects the grade at all. It looks like someone might have rubbed it a long time ago on the obverse, because there are breaks in the luster in front of and behind Liberty (probably why I got a decent price on it; the details are worth it IMO, though). There aren&#039;t any problems with the rim - no dings or dents.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what would this be? Would I be right calling it AU details (because of the rubbing), or would it be XF details? Thanks for any help! :3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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