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<p>[QUOTE="IBetASilverDollar, post: 2966364, member: 85251"]It's definitely a "you know it when you see it" type thing and even then some people are more sensitive to what they see.</p><p><br /></p><p>The important thing, in my opinion, is if there is a major distracting mark to YOU no matter what the grade is do you really want to own that coin? A mark may not disqualify a coin from 65 but if it's all you see when looking at a coin it's probably not the coin for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also a lot of times coins look like they have awful distracting marks in images then in hand you barely notice them. Here is one of my favorite coins. The mark by her ear kept this from reaching 65 it looks prominent in photos, I don't even see it in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wTpPVUE.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I was happy to save a ton of money from missing 65 for a coin that is every bit of a 65 in every other way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IBetASilverDollar, post: 2966364, member: 85251"]It's definitely a "you know it when you see it" type thing and even then some people are more sensitive to what they see. The important thing, in my opinion, is if there is a major distracting mark to YOU no matter what the grade is do you really want to own that coin? A mark may not disqualify a coin from 65 but if it's all you see when looking at a coin it's probably not the coin for you. Also a lot of times coins look like they have awful distracting marks in images then in hand you barely notice them. Here is one of my favorite coins. The mark by her ear kept this from reaching 65 it looks prominent in photos, I don't even see it in hand. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/wTpPVUE.jpg[/IMG] I was happy to save a ton of money from missing 65 for a coin that is every bit of a 65 in every other way.[/QUOTE]
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