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Message:: [QUOTE="Richard01, post: 106673, member: 2700"]Weakly struck... but from a wear standpoint, should go VF easily. There is some scratching going on near the hind leg on the reverse that could net it down to F. So, at least a fine should be expected, or a body bag for the scratches... just read to see the results... not surprising. I don't agree that this is a VG coin, F seems fair, and mostly F due to the scratching, not the wear. buffalos are funny in terms of grading. A very flat strike can recieve surprisingly high grades. I have dozens of these from PCGS and NGC, and they have shown me time and again that strike MUST be taken into account with buffalo's. I don't know about grading getting easier, I hear that all the time, and while perhaps true, its not relevant. A coin can only be valued relative to the rules and expectations of the current trends and times. The good old days syndrome in coin collecting seems to come up a lot. I collected coins back 30 years ago, and the coins I had as VG then, are still VG today. It's not like I look them up in photograde and they suddenly are F or better...[/QUOTE]