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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 626901, member: 2972&quot;]NGC graded the coin XF 45.&nbsp; CAC agreed with the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fairly tough coin to grade, IMO, and perhaps that&#039;s why the grade guesses were all over the place(from 55 to 25).</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the challenge, as with the draped bust half cent posted by Johnny in his thread, is how to grade a weakly struck coin that has some circulation wear -- the &quot;weak strike -vs- wear&quot; discussion that seems crops up from time to time.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;ve been paying attention to my posts on how I think the TPGs grade circulated coins by luster, and also my comments below the photos, you probably had a good idea that this coin was going to grade at least XF -- there&#039;s simply too much luster on the coin to grade lower.&nbsp; Furthermore, if you are familiar with the issue you realize that 1821 N-2s are found with weak locks of hair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks for all the grade guesses &amp; I hope you enjoyed the thread...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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