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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 7941921, member: 116145&quot;]I&#039;ve got to say, it&#039;s kind of amusing how sometimes we try and second guess the professional graders at PCGS, NGC, ANACS and ICG.&nbsp; Sure, sometimes they make mistakes, sometimes serious ones, but you might want to consider a little modesty and respect for the authenticity - I&#039;m not saying the grade, on coins like this.&nbsp; I know the grades are always debatable, especially in the MS distinctions, and sure, sometimes they do make mistakes, however, I have an FR02, Details 1916 SLQ that went through the same criticism and debate here - that was the subject of my very first post here.&nbsp; The debate on mine was mostly based on my terrible picture taking skills, which is entirely fair.&nbsp; Consider that dateless 1916s have to go through additional scrutiny from multiple graders precisely because they are putting a big price tag and target on that sort of coin.&nbsp; They guarantee authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line I personally went back and forth with ICG, second guessing myself - though I have been studying SLQs for some years and submitted mine because it was different than the dateless 1917 type 1s I have - it rang 1916 to me, and I was right.&nbsp; But I was worried about it after all the calls of &quot;I think it&#039;s a 1917!!&quot; from the peanut gallery here, and so I got a grip on the process, I communicated with one of the graders directly, and I&#039;m confident that this PCGS slabbed 1916 looks pretty similar to mine.&nbsp; The fact that somebody put a picture up of their dateless 1916 with some key points on that coin highlighted and everyone thinks that&#039;s what all dateless 1916s are going to be identical to is silly and wrong.&nbsp; If you contact eBay saying it&#039;s not the real deal, I think you should reconsider that sort of egoism, and stepping on someone else&#039;s business, unless and until you are an expert on 1916 SLQs and grade them professionally - and have it in hand so you can actually assess it.&nbsp; You don&#039;t think it&#039;s legit, don&#039;t buy it, but don&#039;t try and tell everyone who has an authenticated PCGS or other top 4 TPG coin that it&#039;s not legitimate because you saw a picture and based on some other picture you saw, it ain&#039;t right.&nbsp; All due respect, that&#039;s nonsense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the test of your mettle if you are determined that this is not a 1916 - buy it or negotiate to get hands on it, submit it to a grader of your own choosing, and if you&#039;re right, celebrate it, cash in on the authenticity guarantee and become - in the numismatic community - a celebrity for proving yourself right.&nbsp; Put up or shut up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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