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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 189575, member: 705&quot;]The coin is one that to grade right you almost have to see it in hand.</p><p>I&#039;ve looked and looked at this coin and I just can&#039;t decide...the one photo looks MS and the other looks XF.....but after looking at both sides of the coin I&#039;m going to grade the coin MS62</p><p>My reasons---</p><p>The coin shows a soft strike---not a normal thing if I remember right for this date---the coin (and you also say) shows a good bit of luster in some of those photos and the toning add&#039;s to the eye appeal.</p><p>But then the planchet flaws come into the photo and take the eye appeal down to 0--and that is the first think your eye goes to when looking at the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So while the Tech. grade may be higher I would say that a fair market grade would be MS62.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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