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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1824013, member: 24633&quot;]<b><u>ANA Grading Standards</u></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">&quot;A few letters in LIBERTY are clear.&quot; </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">There is no mention of the phrases &quot;before ANY&quot; or &quot;at least 3&quot;.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>ANA Grading Standards</u></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">&quot;Some letters in LIBERTY are clear.&quot; </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">There is no mention of the phrases &quot;before ANY&quot; or &quot;all 7 letters&quot;. </span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>ANA Grading Standards</u></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">&quot;LIBERTY and scroll are bold.&quot;</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">There is no mention of the phrases &quot;before ANY&quot; or &quot;all 7 of the letters must be clear and strong.&quot;</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #006600">Personally, I don&#039;t use the Red Book for grading, and to be perfectly honest, I don&#039;t collect any of the seated coinage, but your &quot;definitions&quot; are slightly different from those in the ANA book. Let&#039;s face it, when it comes to the use of specific wording, even then, interpretations can vary widely.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #006600"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #006600">By the way, did you happen to read the comments in the Red Book about gradeflation?</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #006600"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #006600">Welcome to the world of numismatics! Oh, and let&#039;s not forget SleazeBay.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #006600"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Chris</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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