I try not pick on other's coins, but this Ike is one...

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• ss350camaro Posts: 4,529

  February 24, 2005 6:34AM

  I'll be the first to admit my grading skills are pretty poor but i would have never thought 65 by looking at that coin.
  
  It looks beat to me.
  
  
  

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• Millertime Posts: 2,048 ✭✭

  February 24, 2005 6:42AM

  I've bought a handful of MS63-64 Ikes over the last couple of months and all of them look like hell. If mine are graded somewhat accurately then I'd agree with the MS65 grade, I thought it looked pretty good. I assumed that because of the size a large number of bag marks is expected.
  
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• wjd283 Posts: 1,406

  February 24, 2005 6:49AM

  I too,have noticed that a lot of high grade Ikes look beat up.I think they're more lenient with them because they're hard to find with few hits.

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• cladking Posts: 28,732 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 24, 2005 7:04AM

  '72-P's come pretty bad. It's a decent strike and a very gemmy reverse though the obverse is marked somewhat.

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• KurtHorn Posts: 1,382 ✭

  February 24, 2005 7:17AM

  Could be too that some of that chatter is on the plastic and not the coin...

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• stephunter Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭

  February 24, 2005 7:19AM

  I hope its the plastic. That coin looks hammered to me. I had a have a type II in a 63 holder that looks nicer than this coin.

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