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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4661911, member: 112&quot;]My rule of thumb, with pics like that - simply walk away. There&#039;s all kinds of reasons for that but first and foremost is - there&#039;s always another one just around the corner, so why risk anything on one like this ?</p><p><br /></p><p>That said that doesn&#039;t answer your question. There are a few things can interpret from pics like that. You have a rough idea of what kind of shape the coin is in based on the detail, but not really. That&#039;s because you have no idea what&#039;s going on with the surfaces or anything else, all you know is you cannot discern substantial wear because of the amount of detail remaining. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then you have the toning, it&#039;s quite dark, mottled, and looks to be quite thick - very advanced in other words. It&#039;s hard to say how thick and how advanced based by the obv, but rev tells a different story. The toning, particularly from 9 up and around to 3 o&#039;clock from the legends out appears to be very thick, perhaps even terminal. Things like that matter to a lot of folks, others not so much. This means your potential buyer pool is going to be much smaller that normal. And if your a collector, is that really what ya want ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The dark, mottled toning also greatly reduces eye appeal, which in turn is going to reduce the grade as luster and eye appeal are the two most heavily weighted grading factors with TPGs. Given the advanced stage of the toning it&#039;s very unlikely there is any remaining luster - not positive but unlikely. This leaves eye appeal - and on this coin, as previously noted, that leaves a lot to be desired.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s about as much as I can determine based on those pics. But that is more than enough to go with my rule of thumb - with pics like that simply walk away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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