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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1389740, member: 2972&quot;]Planchet marks on these coins tend to be near the outer edge, like the coin pictured.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say the coin doesn&#039;t have a few nicks on it -- just about all non silver ones do -- but rather they aren&#039;t problematic when it comes to a coin being graded mint state or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for if it is MS or not, it&#039;s luster (or the lack thereof), not nicks, that will tell you the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin appears mint state to me, but I&#039;d really like a better shot of the luster to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison sake, here&#039;s an NGC 65 [type 1]:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55070419/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55070544/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a PCGS 64 [type 2]</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55070836/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55071025/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a PCGS 65 [type 3]</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55071105/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/55071138/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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