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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gopher29, post: 961686, member: 5379&quot;]From <b>The Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards 6th Edition</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p>VG-8 Obverse: Hair ends and curls are smooth but show some detail, LIBERTY is readable.&nbsp; The eye and ear are visible.&nbsp; Stars and date are clear.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since there is no trace of an ear on this coin how can PCGS assign it a grade of VG-8?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1814-Classic-Head-large-cent-PCGS-VG8-/390221585033?cmd=ViewItem&amp;pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item5adb04da89" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1814-Classic-Head-large-cent-PCGS-VG8-/390221585033?cmd=ViewItem&amp;pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item5adb04da89" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1814-Classic-Head-large-cent-PCGS-VG8-/390221585033?cmd=ViewItem&amp;pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item5adb04da89</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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