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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 24586943, member: 24314"]It is very hard to get a 67 or higher. The OP coin is probably in the 65-66 range. </p><p><br /></p><p>Try this for your strict personal grading. No coins in the rolls will be 70. If you can see one tiny mark it will be a 69. Add two or three more tiny marks and you'll be down to 68. The marks can be anywhere. Most modern red cents right out of a roll will not even be 66 yet when you look at them they are blazing, perfect coins. Put a 7X glass on it (I'm looking at one now) and I see 11 tiny ticks. I would not buy that coin but I'd be happy to sell it as a 66 Red. Unfortunately, when a CRH finds one of these, they think they have an MS-68![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 24586943, member: 24314"]It is very hard to get a 67 or higher. The OP coin is probably in the 65-66 range. Try this for your strict personal grading. No coins in the rolls will be 70. If you can see one tiny mark it will be a 69. Add two or three more tiny marks and you'll be down to 68. The marks can be anywhere. Most modern red cents right out of a roll will not even be 66 yet when you look at them they are blazing, perfect coins. Put a 7X glass on it (I'm looking at one now) and I see 11 tiny ticks. I would not buy that coin but I'd be happy to sell it as a 66 Red. Unfortunately, when a CRH finds one of these, they think they have an MS-68![/QUOTE]
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