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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mynamespat, post: 2607775, member: 83738&quot;]Seems like more risk than the reward is worth. For about the same price as restoration/slabbing/coin you could purchase a VF20/25 coin without the problems you mentioned.&nbsp; What if the restoration exposes more damage (I&#039;m looking at that mysterious blob near the lower right side of the bust)?&nbsp; If the coin is graded details VF-20/25, it&#039;s become a negative investment. Details XF- it&#039;s about a wash.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did come across this old auction of a PCGS VF-20 with a similar looking scratch.&nbsp; The coin wasn&#039;t graded details, but the market decided otherwise.&nbsp; The coin sold for $10 less than a F-15 the previous year.</p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F6%2F0%2F4%2F1604151%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/half-cents/1800-1-2-c-vf20-brown-pcgs-pcgs-population-2-102-ngc-census-13-102-mintage-202-908-numismedia-wsl-price-225/a/25113-13004.s?hdnJumpToLot=1x=0&amp;y=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/half-cents/1800-1-2-c-vf20-brown-pcgs-pcgs-population-2-102-ngc-census-13-102-mintage-202-908-numismedia-wsl-price-225/a/25113-13004.s?hdnJumpToLot=1x=0&amp;y=0" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/half-cents/1800-1-2-c-vf20-brown-pcgs-pcgs-population-2-102-ngc-census-13-102-mintage-202-908-numismedia-wsl-price-225/a/25113-13004.s?hdnJumpToLot=1x=0&amp;y=0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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