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<p>[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 7624225, member: 7638"]In cases like this I like to pull out my copy of Halperin's book, How to Grade US Coins; according to page 105, the high points of the designs are: obv: center of cheek, and about the midpoint of the wing, just behind where the ear should be; on the rev, the midpoint of the diagonal bands on the fasces. I don't see any smooth gray wear in either area so conclude it's MS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 7624225, member: 7638"]In cases like this I like to pull out my copy of Halperin's book, How to Grade US Coins; according to page 105, the high points of the designs are: obv: center of cheek, and about the midpoint of the wing, just behind where the ear should be; on the rev, the midpoint of the diagonal bands on the fasces. I don't see any smooth gray wear in either area so conclude it's MS.[/QUOTE]
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