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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 24876768, member: 77413&quot;]I can&#039;t decide between these two. The SLQ is Details - Cleaned, even though the surfaces don&#039;t show any lines of any kind.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1596956[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And this gorgeous Walking Liberty, which was detailed for Wrap Machine Damage (<a href="https://www.pcgs.com/grades?tab=nogrades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/grades?tab=nogrades" rel="nofollow">Genuine - UNC Details (98 - Damage)</a> It shows up on the reverse at the 9:00 position just inside the rim at a particular light angle.</p><p><br /></p><p>At my price of $112.50, it knocked 90% off the value of the coin. (Or more, if you compare it to a 67+ at <a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-REQT1/1917-walking-liberty-half-dollar-ms-67-ngc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-REQT1/1917-walking-liberty-half-dollar-ms-67-ngc" rel="nofollow">this sale at Stacks Bowers</a> which sold for $19,800.) It has better detail than the <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/1917-50c-ms67-pcgs-cac/a/1238-4124.s?type=NGC1238" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/1917-50c-ms67-pcgs-cac/a/1238-4124.s?type=NGC1238" rel="nofollow">top pop coin at Heritage</a>, too. That sold for just under $40,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1596957[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say again that giving a coin a Details grade is often overkill. Why destroy the value of a top coin for a small flaw you can only see in a particular light and only with a loupe? The grade conveys no knowledge that the coin is a beautifully toned top pop example with a tiny flaw, as opposed to one that was run over in a parking lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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