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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 346240, member: 2972&quot;]Slab doesn&#039;t mean a thing to me, personally, other than it is a good starting point for grade/valuation discussions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin doesn&#039;t look overly dark near the rims, and frankly that isn&#039;t something that bothers me in the least when viewing the photos -- is it more pronounced in-hand?&nbsp; I suspect the coin spent some time in an album and that&#039;s why it toned the way it did, but hard to say for sure....</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I like this coin.&nbsp; I like it more than 95% of bust halves I see, in fact.&nbsp; If presented for sale, I would consider it serously.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I disagree (perhaps through ignorance) with Mr. Bonedigger (who has far more experience than I with these coins) that the coin is hammered.&nbsp; I see weakness in some of the stars and the breast area on the obverse, and in the ribbon and A in STATES on the reverse as well as the 5 in 50 CENTS.</p><p><br /></p><p>One question -- how&#039;s the coin&#039;s luster?&nbsp; Does it cartwheel in-hand?&nbsp; I don&#039;t see much luster in the photos, and I would expect quite a bit given the level of detail on the coin -- but that could just be the method in which the coin was photographed/scanned.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what&#039;s really important is what YOU think about the coin, not what others think.&nbsp; Respectfully...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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