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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oldwormwood, post: 1698022, member: 34162&quot;]Hi.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few weeks back I posted photos of a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t224941/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t224941/">1806 Bust Half that I had in the collection and had considered to be a counterfeit</a>.&nbsp; There was a very good discussion about the coin&#039;s authenticity and attribution.&nbsp; I ended up submitting the Bust Half (and four other coins) to NGC.&nbsp; The coins came back today.&nbsp;&nbsp; The verdict on the 1806 Bust Half is .....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]258365.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow - what a surprise.&nbsp; Mark was right on the money (no pun intended) - it came back as &quot;XF details&quot;.&nbsp; Well done, sir.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brian - thanks for your excellent information regarding the attribution.&nbsp; In retrospect, I should have chosen the VarietyPlus service as well.&nbsp; I may resubmit it to have that attribution on the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing.&nbsp; These were my first TPG submissions -- so this may be nitpicking.&nbsp; The four other coins that I got back (and the other slabbed NGC coins I have seen) have the coins resting between four smooth prongs.&nbsp; The top two prongs on the Bust Half edge-view slab look like they are chipped.&nbsp; A minor point, but it is there nonetheless.&nbsp; Is that a bit of poor QC on the part of NGC? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again to all who offered their thoughts in the original post.&nbsp; I learned a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jonathan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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