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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 189853, member: 112"]OK, my personal opinion, the coin has 64 details. And it would get it, but for one thing. The pic Img0707 really tells the story. The mark from the bridge of the nose and up across the eye is not a planchet flaw or die crack. The mark in the hair directly behind the eye, is not a planchet flaw. The round shaped mark at the edge of the hair, is not a planchet flaw. All of these marks are damage. And because it is damage, I really don't think NGC or PCGS would ever slab this coin. They'd slab with the errors, but not the damage. But ya wanna know the crazy part, even with the coin in hand and looking at it with 5x, I couldn't see 'em because of the luster and the toning - they just blend right in. I had to view the pics to, the scans in particular, to tell that it was damage. Of course once I did that, and knew exactly where to look I could see them. I gotta admit, I was flabbergasted. I never would have believed that I would miss damage when looking at a coin hand, but on this one I did. BTW, the coin was slabbed by PCI - AU58. But there's not a sign of circulation wear on that coin to be found - only the scratches. So I guess that's why they didn't slab it as MSXX. Either that or they missed it too and downgraded it for the errors.[/QUOTE]