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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7789047, member: 24314"]I thought is was your coin. Good catch. Most likely then the coin is altered and got pass the TPGS. Next step is to send them your findings so they can make a note of this and hopefully get the coin back for an exam. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for immediately jumping out to ANY professional grader...I disagree 100%. I never, ever, even remembered about the hubs used for barber quarters (had to just look it up due to your hint) because it had no bearing on the authentication of any key coin in the series. IF this coin is altered, its hub would never have been needed to catch it. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that something as obvious as two coins put together or an added mintmark has gone undetected. </p><p><br /></p><p>You are to be commended for catching the hub discrepancy and educating a bunch of us.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7789047, member: 24314"]I thought is was your coin. Good catch. Most likely then the coin is altered and got pass the TPGS. Next step is to send them your findings so they can make a note of this and hopefully get the coin back for an exam. As for immediately jumping out to ANY professional grader...I disagree 100%. I never, ever, even remembered about the hubs used for barber quarters (had to just look it up due to your hint) because it had no bearing on the authentication of any key coin in the series. IF this coin is altered, its hub would never have been needed to catch it. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that something as obvious as two coins put together or an added mintmark has gone undetected. You are to be commended for catching the hub discrepancy and educating a bunch of us.[/QUOTE]
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