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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1622747, member: 42773"]Well, I'm not chasing grades for one thing. (OK, maybe just a little bit.) But my real intention is to understand the nuances involved in what one should expect from a particular issue as opposed to another. I think it's perfectly legitimate to say a certain coin grades 67 even though it exhibits a certain amount of chatter, when one takes into account the minting processes of the time. It grades 67 among its class. I think it's likewise legitimate to give a different coin in another class the same grade, considering the minting processes of it's era, despite the fact that the coins look very different. I don't think it's accurate to consider any one series some sort of homogenous entity, especially in the case of Kennedy Halves, which span almost 50 years of mintage technology and include three different alloys.[/QUOTE]