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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SorenCoins, post: 7513743, member: 73708&quot;]Looking at some of the PCGS Coinfacts Trueviews of the 2000-D Sacagawea Dollars, I am rather surprised to see the high grades on coins with somewhat severe marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not own any of these coins. They are all example images from the PCGS Coinfacts site. This is no hate to the coins or to anyone who owns the coins, either. I am just trying to refine my ability to grade these (and maybe decide if I have some worth sending in hehe!).</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is graded MS68</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/26216568_33175438_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It&#039;s a nice clean coin, but with that mark on her lower cheek, I would not expect it to grade at a 68. When you think about it, that&#039;s just a step down from MS69. I think there should be pretty much no marks on an MS68 coin, maybe just spots or very, very small marks. What do you guys think?</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is MS67</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/11979065_1271879_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Honestly this one looks more like an MS68 and the first coin I showed. What am I missing?</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with this MS67</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/73213663_1224857_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Looks nicer than the 68 if you ask me.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is an MS65</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/41599565_211860049_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Again, I am surprised. The obverse focal point has a decent amount of marks on it and you can see a lot of fingerprint smudging on it. If this was a Morgan dollar, I would think it would grade no more than 64.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, this is an MS65</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/41599561_211860176_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Obverse fields are clean. Marks one the eyes are sort of obvious. Is this an accurate 65?</p><p><br /></p><p>Last coin is an MS64</p><p><img src="https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/41599563_211860077_2200.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>There are a lot of marks on Sacagawea&#039;s portrait, and even large scrapes in her hair. Honestly on some series I would think that would result in a details grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are these grades all about right and I am just out of practice? Or does it seem that PCGS is more lenient on 2000-D Sacagawea dollars? (I haven&#039;t looked at other dates to compare, yet.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, and once again no hate to these coins. I would be very happy to own any of them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I am just trying to better my skills.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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