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Old 09-25-2018, 06:50 AM
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As Scott noted, copper coins have problems that silver and gold coins do not. A copper coin with porosity, for example, may get a third party grade of "Very Fine Details", which excludes any number designation. A veteran copper collector may instead grade it "Very Fine 20 net Fine 12", deducting 8 points for the corroded surfaces. It does make things confusing having two separate grading systems.
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