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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 5353716, member: 24314&quot;]TypeCoin971793, posted: &quot;Even applying “normal” standards to this coin, it is still overgraded. [<b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">??<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />??</span></b>] Looks <b>XF details</b> to me. [<span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">We must be posting about different coins.&nbsp; IMHO the OP&#039;s coin is exactly that - <b>XF Details</b></span>].&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, it looks very nice for a 200+ year old coin that is CLOSER TO AN AU than to a VF.&nbsp; Perhaps that&#039;s why the NGC XF-45 grade.&nbsp; As for problem grades, a very strict grader <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> COULD find a reason to &quot;Detail&quot; over 80% of the vintage copper pieces they examine.&nbsp; The commercial market does not tolerate such a strict evaluation.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, Anyone <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> who thinks it is over graded by 20 points must have been collecting for a very, very, very long time and missed the fact that the old standards we all used back then <b>no longer apply</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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