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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2773032, member: 68&quot;]For me it&#039;s easy but I don&#039;t grade like the&nbsp; grading services. </p><p><br /></p><p>The big thing for BU&#039;s is to find good strikes by good dies.&nbsp; Look for all the peripheral lettering to stand up and have rounded tops.&nbsp; Of course the coin should also be as clean as possible.&nbsp; I also avoid coins with chicken scratches because they are unsightly.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know why the services don&#039;t consider it. </p><p><br /></p><p>With the S-mint coins it&#039;s a little different. They still have to be well made but most are.&nbsp; So look for an absence of marks.&nbsp; But also look for coins with special surfaces or crisply struck.&nbsp; Look for PL in all its forms.&nbsp; Look for the best dies and planchets.&nbsp; The nicest coins just leap out at you and are often called coins with &quot;eye appeal&quot; but then I don&#039;t believe in eye appeal.&nbsp; There&#039;s always a reason some coins look nicer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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