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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 472506, member: 15445"]<b>I say 62/63</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I was going to tell you my opinion of the <u>photo</u> was an AU58. The up-close photo makes the cheek look like it has wear & rub beyond the threshold of calling it UNC. However, looking at the slab photo, it looks like the cheek is NOT thumbed or circulated. It looks more like contact marks (not circulation). TPGs are usually VERY critical on any marks on Barber cheeks. I say 62/63. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">62 is because of the contact marks on the cheek. It could go 63 because of superior eye appeal (and my personal favorite album toning).</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">64 is unfair to so many other Barbers graded by NGC & PCGS.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">GDJMSP- Can you explain a little about bumping it up because of the rarity of the coin? </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 472506, member: 15445"][b]I say 62/63[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I was going to tell you my opinion of the [U]photo[/U] was an AU58. The up-close photo makes the cheek look like it has wear & rub beyond the threshold of calling it UNC. However, looking at the slab photo, it looks like the cheek is NOT thumbed or circulated. It looks more like contact marks (not circulation). TPGs are usually VERY critical on any marks on Barber cheeks. I say 62/63. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]62 is because of the contact marks on the cheek. It could go 63 because of superior eye appeal (and my personal favorite album toning).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]64 is unfair to so many other Barbers graded by NGC & PCGS.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]GDJMSP- Can you explain a little about bumping it up because of the rarity of the coin? [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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