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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3993975, member: 112&quot;]Personally I think you were correct with your original grade of VF. Sure, there are strike issues, die issues, and planchet issues as well, all of which impact and detract from the grade. Granted, with circulated examples these 3 things count less and detract less than they do with MS issues, but they still count.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is also significant wear on both sides of the coin, particularly on the bust itself and the obv fields. The rev has wear on all the high points and in the fields themselves as evidenced by the complete lack of luster in even the most protected areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the sake of comparison, take this coin - </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/karamitsos/644/image08701.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/karamitsos/644/image08701.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/karamitsos/644/image08701.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/karamitsos/644/image08701.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The slab says that coin is a 62 but it isn&#039;t. There&#039;s obvious wear on the bust and in the obv fields, proven by the complete lack of luster there while obvious luster remains in the outer and more protected areas of the coin. And light wear on the high points of rev as well. Personally I&#039;d grade this coin a 55, but that&#039;s neither here nor there. My point is using this coin as a comparison. It has strike issues, obviously weakly struck in several areas. It has die issues, die wear flow lines (from a worn die) on portions of the obv and rev. Both of those things would detract from the grade even if the coin were MS, they would limit grade and hold it down. But they would not prevent the coin from still being graded MS. It is the wear, and the amount of it, that makes the coin AU55.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even if one wished to agree with the grade of 62, or 55, by comparing this coin to yours it would be kinda hard to grade yours above high VF. And it seems that you yourself agreed with that originally.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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