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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3959566, member: 19165"]Gotcha. </p><p><br /></p><p>Calling an AU-58+ "unique" because of the "plus" is buying into the marketing gimmick. There's nothing unique about it. </p><p><br /></p><p>NGC might be low, I don't see any major marks or hairlines in these images. However, in hand it might be different. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the textured appearance of the devices, people probably thought it was corrosion or damage because they aren't familiar with the series. These coins are usually struck with an intriguing textured bust. It's kind of an interesting quirk of coins of this era from that part of the world. I personally don't have any Mexican coins, but I do have Guatamalan, and they too exhibit this same sort of texture (in fact, I'd be a lot more worried if it *didn't* have that texture). I don't have any Charles IIII, but here's a Ferdinand VII of mine: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1043083[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3959566, member: 19165"]Gotcha. Calling an AU-58+ "unique" because of the "plus" is buying into the marketing gimmick. There's nothing unique about it. NGC might be low, I don't see any major marks or hairlines in these images. However, in hand it might be different. As for the textured appearance of the devices, people probably thought it was corrosion or damage because they aren't familiar with the series. These coins are usually struck with an intriguing textured bust. It's kind of an interesting quirk of coins of this era from that part of the world. I personally don't have any Mexican coins, but I do have Guatamalan, and they too exhibit this same sort of texture (in fact, I'd be a lot more worried if it *didn't* have that texture). I don't have any Charles IIII, but here's a Ferdinand VII of mine: [ATTACH=full]1043082[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1043083[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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