Thought I had a good one, but a second look shot that down. http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-WALKING-LIBERTY-HALF-DOLLAR-NGC-PF-65-/130463420664?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1e6039d0f8 THE LESSON: When I find a coin I'm interested in I put it on my watch list, then revisit it a day or two later. That gives the original excitement time to die down and I can look at it more analytically. Took me a few mistakes to learn this. I originally thought this was the coin I was looking for. VERY prominent designer's initials on the reverse. But with a second look I spotted: - a fingerprint in the 1-2 o'clock area on the obverse - what appears to be a VERY nasty vertical linear gouge on Liberty's leg. Good thing I waited. I was ready to jump all over this coin when I first saw it.
I'm not sure that is a gouge on the obverse. I think it's just the light reflecting off of the coin giving it the appearance of a gouge.
Not worth the grief of finding out the hard way. I could ask, but the fingerprint makes the answer moot. I wouldn't buy it anyway. For me one is too many. I'm assuming it wasn't visible when the coin was slabbed. So I consider it damage in progress.
well I took the ball and asked the seller that question - his reply: NO, NGC would not grade a coin 65 with those marks.
