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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;camlov2, post: 1491470, member: 26479&quot;]One of the hardest things about braided hair cents is to find one that is pleasing to the eye. I don&#039;t mind wear but any marks on the face/neck really bother me. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will ignore the price of the coin posted above but my opinion is that it doesn&#039;t grade AU. Not even sure about XF...</p><p>The first places I look on a braided hair cent is the face/neck if there are major marks I won&#039;t buy it. It is just too distracting (that is why I could never collect Morgan dollars). </p><p>The second place I look is the hair, right above the ear there should be 4-5 seperate strands of hair, in this example at least 4 are connected which puts the coin much lower then AU. The same is true with the strands of hair at the top of the head. (These don&#039;t work for AU/MS coins but work well for VF/XF/AU grading). </p><p>Use the photograde website to look at different examples-</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/BraidedCent/Grades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/BraidedCent/Grades" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/BraidedCent/Grades</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another concern on the coin listed are the rim dings at 10 and 12 o&#039;clock. (back looks really nice though)</p><p><br /></p><p>Also pick a few highly graded cents on the HA site and zoom in to really look at what the coin should look like. Here is a MS 66 that is a great example.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1173&amp;lotNo=3084" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1173&amp;lotNo=3084" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1173&amp;lotNo=3084</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the last coin I just bought from my local shop, far from perfect but it only cost $48.&nbsp; (picture is even farther from perfect since I only had one light set up)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/camlov2/52f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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