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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 5254174, member: 5233&quot;]1. MS66</p><p>2. MS66 5FS</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 1:&nbsp; This coin has better eye appeal of the two because of the clearly booming luster and great strike.&nbsp; I think the coin is MS67 all day long except for the big hit on the reverse on Monticello (on the building just above and between the &quot;L&quot; and &quot;O&quot; in &quot;Monticello&quot;).&nbsp; As a result, I think this coin is a 66/67 slider that gets knocked down to 66.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I find interesting about this coin is the windows and pillars are very definely struck but the steps are not.&nbsp; This coin loses the FS notation below the third pillar for sure and maybe below the second.&nbsp; I would call this a 5-4-3-5.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2: Clean and sharp coin.&nbsp; Luster is a bit muted by the golden and somewhat mottled toning (which I think is unaesthetic).&nbsp; I think this coin is a 65/66 slider that gets the 66.&nbsp; Overall the strike on this coin is weaker than coin 1...everywhere but the steps.&nbsp; I think this is a 5FS coin all day long...but an overall weakly struck example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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