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I have some experience buying and selling Topps coins. Always raw. Assigning a grade to them is pretty easy (Mint is perfect, Near Mint is nearly mint but... etc.). I'm not saying the seller is doing anything wrong - he's selling what he's consigned to sell... but the grading company! I see these all over Ebay. Coins with moderate levels of rim rust/scuffing being assigned Mint and NM/MT grades. Assuming it was raw, the coin pictured... forget mint - I would NEVER consider listing it at NM/MT (which I'd expect to have returned to me by an unhappy buyer); nor would I consider listing it as NM; and I'm not so sure I'd give it a EX/NM (this one pictured I probably would list in my store as EX... maybe EX/NM depending on how it looks in my hand. NEVER EVER would something like this be graded by anyone with experience selling these as anything better than a 6.