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<p>[QUOTE="ValpoBeginner, post: 3039553, member: 77066"]I'd llike to see a grade of PR# details, plus GENUINE. Never seen this particular grade and there-in lies the ambiguity of the coin's MPL status, just by looking at the slab. Even Matte Proofs should receive a Proof numbered grade in addition to the word "details" due to cleaning, unless on the order form a customer specifies that, "Any Grade lower than ______ should simply be marked as 'Genuine'."</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to this wonderful collaboration of educated hobbyists, I think most of us would agree that the totality of the evidence is overwhelming that we have a matte proof lincoln. Although when looking at a matte proof, one's attitude almost always shifts to one of skepticism, in this rare case, the optimists came through and provided the smoking gun, the die markers! Cheers to all of those who initially didn't let doubt pervade the discussion, thus prematurely shooting down this coin's chance of getting submitted & counted among the few.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing is for sure the turn around times at NGC are really impressive![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValpoBeginner, post: 3039553, member: 77066"]I'd llike to see a grade of PR# details, plus GENUINE. Never seen this particular grade and there-in lies the ambiguity of the coin's MPL status, just by looking at the slab. Even Matte Proofs should receive a Proof numbered grade in addition to the word "details" due to cleaning, unless on the order form a customer specifies that, "Any Grade lower than ______ should simply be marked as 'Genuine'." Thanks to this wonderful collaboration of educated hobbyists, I think most of us would agree that the totality of the evidence is overwhelming that we have a matte proof lincoln. Although when looking at a matte proof, one's attitude almost always shifts to one of skepticism, in this rare case, the optimists came through and provided the smoking gun, the die markers! Cheers to all of those who initially didn't let doubt pervade the discussion, thus prematurely shooting down this coin's chance of getting submitted & counted among the few. One thing is for sure the turn around times at NGC are really impressive![/QUOTE]
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