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pictures are tough to use...
guessing:
1923: MS61; 62 on a push...very distracting bag marks
1939: MS62; 63 on a push...bag mark location is an eyesore...beautifully struck
1938D: Too blurry; it's hard to see how the obverse high points were worn down.
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Pillar of the Community
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Hard enough to see if there's a rub in person, much less a blurry pic...so assuming they are MS coins, they appear to be gems.
1st one: MS65+
2nd: MS66+
3rd can't tell
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Rest in Peace
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I'm right in the middle and I think the first would grade 63 and second 64. The marks aren't too distracting imo, but still will affect the grade on smaller coins.
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The marks aren't too distracting imo It takes a little imagination on these dimes...I bet in hand, without magnification, most of those marks are hardly visible. |
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Steve, you're right that I needed a 10-20x loupe to see some of these marks. The dealer I purchase these from label it MS 63. But I think they are at least high 64, maybe 65, some of the coins I compare with what I have in 64 or 65 TPG mercury have more contact marks. I will tried taking pictures again without the flap. |
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Steve, I think a lot of (serious?) collectors look at their coins with magnification for pleasure as well as evaluation. I know I do. The magnified world is such a beautiful place !!
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I look at coins through magnification, too. All the time. But doing so doesn't change grading standards...small marks that all of a sudden look like potholes are still just small marks.
If you give a coin like these an MS61 or MS62, you leave no grading space for MS coins that have more contact marks, and more serious marks that aren't so tiny.
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Steve; understood; thanks.
Jim
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