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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 3098674, member: 69760&quot;]OK, this came back from NGC as &quot;ALTERED SURFACE&quot; and NOT ENCAPSULATED. I don&#039;t understand why it wasn&#039;t encapsulated. It&#039;s not that they don&#039;t think that it&#039;s authentic, right? Otherwise, it would have said so on the invoice and on the body bag label. My understanding is that coins with altered surfaces are &quot;simply&quot; given a Details grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did call NGC and they said that they can&#039;t even confirm its authenticity. My thinking is that there&#039;s some sort of compound residue on the coin and that may alter the coin inside of the slab, so it didn&#039;t get slabbed. But, the rep told me that there&#039;s no specific info as to what altered surface means, besides the broad possible reasons as to why (for instance, fake cameo, putty, etc.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the pics, I don&#039;t see any sort of major surface alteration. Instead, I see harsh cleaning and severe surface hairlines (but that&#039;s not the diagnosis it received). So, maybe the black marks are putty residue or something?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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