Quote: . PCGS is known to bump up coins for eye appeal. A technical 65 can end up in a 67 holder if it has the right look
I still find the practice absolutely ridiculous, but for what it's worth this coin doesn't seem to be the worst example of PCGS overgrading/"market grading"
I suspect that mark near the star is on the die. For this one I generally agree with the PCGS grade. It's practically mark free and has nice luster. At worst, 66+.
Quote: PCGS is known to bump up coins for eye appeal. A technical 65 can end up in a 67 holder if it has the right look.
I'm going with that and saying I graded this one correctly then!
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