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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1413221, member: 15309"]If you want to understand grading then you need to remember some things.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) You can't grade a coin simply by looking at one side of the coin.</p><p>2) You can't compare coins from the same series with different dates.</p><p>3) The smaller the coin, the more impact surface marks have on the grade. You refer to a cleaner whiter appearance on the first coin. All that means is the 1920 was dipped. I don't view the 1920 as cleaner. The mark on the jaw is enough to give it a lower grade than the 1919.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, given your current train of thought, you should consider collecting AU64's. That is right, AU64's.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t41621/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t41621/">The secret to collecting key dates (The elusive AU64 slider)</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1413221, member: 15309"]If you want to understand grading then you need to remember some things. 1) You can't grade a coin simply by looking at one side of the coin. 2) You can't compare coins from the same series with different dates. 3) The smaller the coin, the more impact surface marks have on the grade. You refer to a cleaner whiter appearance on the first coin. All that means is the 1920 was dipped. I don't view the 1920 as cleaner. The mark on the jaw is enough to give it a lower grade than the 1919. Honestly, given your current train of thought, you should consider collecting AU64's. That is right, AU64's. [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/t41621/"]The secret to collecting key dates (The elusive AU64 slider)[/URL][/QUOTE]
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