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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 311393, member: 2972&quot;]900fine,&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not really sure.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Part of me wants to call those areas cabinet or stacking friction, but another part of me wants to call it high-point wear.&nbsp; To make things even more complicated, clearly the obverse has some strike issues centrally.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this coin is either a high-end AU (55 or 58) or a low end MS (62 or 63).&nbsp; I would probably lean towards a 62 because there&#039;s no real luster imparement in the fields.&nbsp; But I truly don&#039;t follow this series enough to feel confident in my assessment.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was purchased raw on eBay a few years ago, something I would likely not do today.&nbsp; &nbsp; I paid about $40 over melt for it...luckily gold was a $420 at the time -- there&#039;s nothing quite like rising bullion to overcome grading shortcomings.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks to everyone for their grades and comments.&nbsp; I appreciate it and hope you all enjoyed it...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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