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<p>[QUOTE="wheelz, post: 24668378, member: 148512"]I'm comparing against <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Morgan/Grades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Morgan/Grades" rel="nofollow">PCGS photograde</a> examples. If I look at the hair on the 1886, I'm seeing more lines of detail in mine than the XF45, let alone the VF-20-25. VF-20-25 have large areas of no detail at all in the hair coming from the hairline and much less definition in the area behind the neck. Also the leaves and flowers show much more detail on mine. That's what I based my grade on.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the 1888-O, their example pictures for G04-06 are significantly more worn than mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the above, I'm guessing you don't agree with how PCGS grades, which is fine. I picked them to compare against as they seemed to be the most prominent one, though I know opinions vary on which one is better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wheelz, post: 24668378, member: 148512"]I'm comparing against [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Morgan/Grades']PCGS photograde[/URL] examples. If I look at the hair on the 1886, I'm seeing more lines of detail in mine than the XF45, let alone the VF-20-25. VF-20-25 have large areas of no detail at all in the hair coming from the hairline and much less definition in the area behind the neck. Also the leaves and flowers show much more detail on mine. That's what I based my grade on. On the 1888-O, their example pictures for G04-06 are significantly more worn than mine. Given the above, I'm guessing you don't agree with how PCGS grades, which is fine. I picked them to compare against as they seemed to be the most prominent one, though I know opinions vary on which one is better.[/QUOTE]
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