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MAULUMALLMAULUMALL Posts: 711 ✭
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To what extent do wheel marks detract from the grade of a coin.

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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    At the ANA grading class, they said that a Mercury dime with a wheel mark can't be higher than 64. They didn't say anything about other coins.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
    I'm assuming you mean counting wheel mark - if that's the case, this has been one of the main culprits in the scarcity of gem quality Franklins from the 60's - they where put through counters, and those which were marked with a scuff on the face will not grade above a 64 either.

    Frank
  • misterRmisterR Posts: 2,305 ✭✭
    The business strike modern Washington quarters and Kennedy half dollars I have submitted with any sign of a wheel mark have been bodybagged.image Wheel marks are common on 79-D and 80-D quarters for some reason.
  • MAULUMALLMAULUMALL Posts: 711 ✭
    Actually it's a 1935 Boone.
  • TWQGTWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭
    bagged everytime by PCGS
    My eBay store
  • MAULUMALLMAULUMALL Posts: 711 ✭
    Actually it was in an old (first gen) PCGS holder MS65.It got ugly dark toning so I sent it to NCS and NGC upgraded it to a 66.

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