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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 3311954, member: 84595&quot;]A very good question.&nbsp; They are not the right shape or size to have been made by contact at the mint from other cents.&nbsp; Also notice the scratch near the T of CENT.&nbsp; It is light and starts in the field but goes on top of the T.&nbsp; Also notice the obverse&nbsp; and the contact marks above the date and the damage they did to the 1.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you noticed the deep contact mark in the right wing across from the R.&nbsp; Far too many contact marks on the coin to have been done at the mint from other coins and some too deep.&nbsp; High part of the breast feathers are too flat.&nbsp; There is a nice coin on eBay which is struck up nicely and uniform color and luster which this coin lacks.&nbsp; It would be nice to have this coin in hand under my microscope playing on my computer to point out all the flaws indicating slight circulation marks and wear obverse and reverse.&nbsp; TPG&#039;s are not perfect and neither am I but my opinion is choice AU-58.&nbsp; Think of it this way.&nbsp; TPG&#039;s are like a doctor who bills for 500 patients a day. How much time can they spend on analyzing a coin or a patient?&nbsp; Time is money.&nbsp; It is one reason why mistakes are made.&nbsp; I buy a coin for eye appeal, not the holder.&nbsp; Oh, and I just spent a half hour going back and forth from expanded images of this coin to make my analytical opinion.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know how this got a CAC sticker and the grade based on marks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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