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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 1883307, member: 41863&quot;]I will say one difference to note between our coins is the surface. The surface on that 1853 looks original and untampered with for lack of a better word and the coin is being judged on the nicks and minor wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, your coin seems to have suffered more than typical natural surface wear. It looks as if the coin had been rubbed in the fields on that ICG coin whereas all other features were nice. </p><p><br /></p><p>Still a great coin, but to my eye (and I could be missing the mark) the ICG coin looks like a candidate of an intentionally altered surface if only slightly and that is what kept this coin out of mint state instead of by true wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know. Just my secondary thoughts on it after really looking at the picture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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