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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1810645, member: 11854&quot;]Please understand that I don&#039;t know if I would grade the coin as an MS64, but the images are not telling me that the coin has been manipulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eye appeal is only one component of a coin&#039;s grade and should be considered along with strike, luster (where applicable), wear and the number and severity of hits and marks.&nbsp; These all go into what one might call a floating pool to determine the final grade.&nbsp; It can be more tricky to explain or visualize on MS or PR coins instead of on circulated coins since circulated coins give a pretty well defined window for grade based simply upon wear patterns.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what this coin would look like in-hand and the especially dark areas around the rims might actually pop a bit with deep greens or reds.&nbsp; Regardless, I think the coin is fairly dark and mostly unappealing on one side while it has a much nicer presentation on the other side.&nbsp; Also keep in mind that when I write that it might be a problem-free MS64 that this does not mean that I would <i>buy it </i> as such.&nbsp; In truth, if that coin looks in-hand the way I think it would look then it is <i>not </i> a coin that I would want to own.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this was clear, but please feel free to ask for clarification.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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