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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 611873, member: 16948&quot;]First, let me say I believe I know who is selling the raw coin (you can PM me if you like) but I have had both good and bad experiences with that Ebay seller, and he does not necessarily list if his coins have been cleaned, so be careful about that.&nbsp; (He often describes his coins as &quot;tastey&quot;!)&nbsp; I have had to return a couple of his coins for that reason, and have ceased bidding on his auctions.&nbsp; So for that reason alone, I would stick with the PCGS coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>But pretending I&#039;m neutral, honestly, it&#039;s hard to tell if the odd color on the raw coin is simply from the photo.&nbsp; The very minor rim nicks seem barely visible and not seem significant enough to warrant any downgrading.&nbsp; And the weak T on the reverse of the raw coin is just a poor strike or strike thru, again not significant to me at least.&nbsp; Both coins look pretty mark free and spot free and pretty equal technically.&nbsp; So if being raw or slabbed does not matter to you and the price was similar on both coins and you&#039;re sure the raw one has original toning, then to me the main deciding factor would be, when you first looked at each coin, which one had better eye appeal to YOU in hand, which one jumped out at you, which one made you say, wow, nice coin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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