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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2095686, member: 73489"]<b><span style="color: #0000ff">The first one is a 1907 HR Saint graded MS-65.</span></b> The pics do not go large enough to tell but it appears that the coin is undergraded. IOTW, based on the coins and grades we've been kicking around here, it looks (again, the pictures may be hiding nicks and marks) more like an MS-67 or even MS-68.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">The second one is another 1907 HR Saint graded MS-65. </span></b>Bigger/better pics, again, compared to the coins earlier appears to be deserving of a higher grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">The third one is another 1907 HR Saint also graded MS-65.</span></b> Again, like #2, you can see closeups of the fields and see bag marks and little scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMRich, it looks like the 1st coin -- based on what we can see from the non-closeup photos -- could be undergraded but the other 2 look OK for the grade. I could see #2 and #3 maybe getting up to MS-66 and/or CAC. JMHO, as I admit I am a novice at grading (though Saints are my relative strong point <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 2095686, member: 73489"][B][COLOR=#0000ff]The first one is a 1907 HR Saint graded MS-65.[/COLOR][/B] The pics do not go large enough to tell but it appears that the coin is undergraded. IOTW, based on the coins and grades we've been kicking around here, it looks (again, the pictures may be hiding nicks and marks) more like an MS-67 or even MS-68. [B][COLOR=#0000ff]The second one is another 1907 HR Saint graded MS-65. [/COLOR][/B]Bigger/better pics, again, compared to the coins earlier appears to be deserving of a higher grade. [B][COLOR=#0000ff]The third one is another 1907 HR Saint also graded MS-65.[/COLOR][/B] Again, like #2, you can see closeups of the fields and see bag marks and little scratches. IMRich, it looks like the 1st coin -- based on what we can see from the non-closeup photos -- could be undergraded but the other 2 look OK for the grade. I could see #2 and #3 maybe getting up to MS-66 and/or CAC. JMHO, as I admit I am a novice at grading (though Saints are my relative strong point :D).[/QUOTE]
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