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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Travlntiques, post: 1658018, member: 39129&quot;]In other words xGAJx, grading uncirculated coins can be very difficult and it&#039;s probably best to reserve judgment until years after you think you know how to do it. Coin grading books are nice, but somethings require a great deal of field testing to really understand. Unfortunately for all numismatists, seeing the subtleties between an Ms-60 or 62, 63 or 64 isn&#039;t as cut and dry as a scuff here or a bag mark there.</p><p>Forums like these are even better educational tools because you have hundreds of years worth of knowledge available to you, but don&#039;t believe ANY grade assigned to a coin from a picture (yours or anyone else&#039;s), because unless one has seen the coin in-hand, all you have is an estimation/opinion. Photographs have far to many variables.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for going off topic..... The question was about whether or not you had a good price at $5 &amp; $7, right? </p><p>Yes, you did well, it&#039;s probably about retail because a dealer wouldn&#039;t be much of a dealer if s/he didn&#039;t know what a fair price would be, but hey, you have two very nice better grade Mercs that you enjoy, and that&#039;s what really matters![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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