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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cplradar, post: 7967866, member: 108985&quot;]I think I unburried some nice six pences that will go out eventually for grading.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten to know these coins fairly well now and have learned a few things about the design.&nbsp; On the bird, complete tail feathers are a sign of a good strike, and will as leg scales.&nbsp; There is a cut in the design which is part of the tail feather colors.&nbsp; On most coins it looks almost like hits on the coin.&nbsp; That turns out to be wrong.&nbsp; Also special attention needs to be paid to the ear of the Monarch, especially King George VI</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an extrodanarily nice 1943 which is very clean until high magnification[ATTACH=full]1381744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1381745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse shows some slight flatness on the upper shoulder and the tail design doesn&#039;t do straight through to all the feathers, but all the feathers are sperated and distinct.&nbsp; I think that is the die or the strike because there are some obverse die cracks over the beak, down the tail, nea the X, over the A[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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