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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2823966, member: 24314&quot;]&quot;ToughCOINS, posted: &quot;<span style="color: #ff0000">Mint luster is not required</span> <span style="color: #ff0000">for</span> seated halves graded <span style="color: #ff0000">VF</span> . . . XF coins, yes, but not VF . . . not even an iota.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>You are correct</b>.</span>&nbsp; I forgot we are living in 2017 and not in 1970!&nbsp; I also got this coin mixed up with a coin on another forum I have been discussing - that&#039;s two brain farts. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":eggface:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, I took the strike of a CC Mint into consideration and should think ANACS did too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then he added, &quot;Without mentioning names, I&#039;m fairly certain it would fetch VF bid from several major coin wholesalers ...&quot;</p><p>&quot;The coin exhibits more than enough attributes to grade it choice VF after offsetting the weakly struck scroll in the shield.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, the difference in price between the coin&#039;s actual grade (Fine) and the VF grade that both the wholesaler and I (see how I priced the coin) sell it for is called the &quot;profit margin.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; One day the buyer of this &quot;Choice VF&quot; coin is going to be surprised <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> - unless he holds it long enough (perhaps forty years) for gradflation to make it an XF!&nbsp; Just as it has turned this Fine coin into a VF coin today. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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