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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2819313, member: 31773"]I found a nice toned roll of 1941-D Cents a couple years ago, and ended up selling many of the coins raw. The original owner had taken them out of the original bank paper and put them into a plastic tube. There was some variation in toning through the roll, but in general they all exhibited green and pink near the edges. Some were darker than others, and there were roll end coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 20 of these (maybe more) ended up being sent in for grading by their buyers. The nicest ones graded MS67+RB, and the lowest grade I know about was MS65RB. However, about 1/3 of those sent in were deemed AT. Most or all of these were sent in a second (or third) time, and eventually all ended up with a straight grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>This serves to emphasize that even coins from the same roll, with similar toning, can be mistaken for AT. It also tells me that (perhaps) the services are pretty strict with their interpretation of AT vs NT, though I am sure folks can cite similar examples of known AT coins that easily straight graded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2819313, member: 31773"]I found a nice toned roll of 1941-D Cents a couple years ago, and ended up selling many of the coins raw. The original owner had taken them out of the original bank paper and put them into a plastic tube. There was some variation in toning through the roll, but in general they all exhibited green and pink near the edges. Some were darker than others, and there were roll end coins. About 20 of these (maybe more) ended up being sent in for grading by their buyers. The nicest ones graded MS67+RB, and the lowest grade I know about was MS65RB. However, about 1/3 of those sent in were deemed AT. Most or all of these were sent in a second (or third) time, and eventually all ended up with a straight grade. This serves to emphasize that even coins from the same roll, with similar toning, can be mistaken for AT. It also tells me that (perhaps) the services are pretty strict with their interpretation of AT vs NT, though I am sure folks can cite similar examples of known AT coins that easily straight graded.[/QUOTE]
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