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<p>[QUOTE="Mainebill, post: 3509761, member: 44004"]Back to the ms 67 saint. Gold is a soft metal. Even the slightest against another coin in a bank or mint bag with that design would likely cause that rub. Technically could it be called au. Yes. But would anyone who did be leaving out 99% of the value as it wouldn’t even compare to others that would truly grade au 58. Example the first coin. When I said 65 I’m going only with the obverse and from a pic. If I was going to professionally evaluate this coin and attempt to grade it. Say if it was raw. I would need to see in hand and study it with my loupe. Why grading is so hard from pics. If I did this I would likely say 66 and send it immediately off to pcgs my next order and see what they said. If they agreed with me at 66 I’d be happy. If they went better at 67 I’d be elated. If they went 65 I’d re-examine the coin and see if it was me or them and decide if I wanted to crack it out and try again or leave it as is. This is how it was done before we had the tpgs to grade for us. And how any dealer or collector that buys raw does it. Too many people today rely on the grade on the label not the coin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mainebill, post: 3509761, member: 44004"]Back to the ms 67 saint. Gold is a soft metal. Even the slightest against another coin in a bank or mint bag with that design would likely cause that rub. Technically could it be called au. Yes. But would anyone who did be leaving out 99% of the value as it wouldn’t even compare to others that would truly grade au 58. Example the first coin. When I said 65 I’m going only with the obverse and from a pic. If I was going to professionally evaluate this coin and attempt to grade it. Say if it was raw. I would need to see in hand and study it with my loupe. Why grading is so hard from pics. If I did this I would likely say 66 and send it immediately off to pcgs my next order and see what they said. If they agreed with me at 66 I’d be happy. If they went better at 67 I’d be elated. If they went 65 I’d re-examine the coin and see if it was me or them and decide if I wanted to crack it out and try again or leave it as is. This is how it was done before we had the tpgs to grade for us. And how any dealer or collector that buys raw does it. Too many people today rely on the grade on the label not the coin[/QUOTE]
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