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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Long Beard, post: 25643878, member: 108674&quot;]Several months back I began the Liberty nickel series, in raw form, targeting AU50 as a base line across the entirety. To assign a grade, I use the obverse star and hair detail. For the reverse it&#039;s the left corn ear and wheat end detail (both lower and upper locations). The image shown, lighting adjusted darker to show detail, I grade AU20. Looking at graded specimens by both NGC and PCGS, I find numerous mint states with stars lacking any detail and the corn ear showing no seperation. I&#039;ve even seen some with soft hair line detail near the forehead and above the ear, likewise grading mint state. While I&#039;m fully aware of the weak strike issues that often plague nickel, the shear numbers somehow don&#039;t reflect this. So the question is, am I being extremely conservative in my grading? Or is this considered mint state by their standards?[ATTACH=full]1640546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1640547[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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