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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2694515, member: 24314&quot;]Nice try but there is a catch...actually two.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. IMO, this coin would never have graded above 62 if the surface had not been - shall we say, enhanced. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2. This form of alteration can be detected by a YN instructed for ten minutes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on the use of a stereomicroscope &amp; fluorescent light - even before it changed in the holder.&nbsp; That way, it would not have been straight-graded &amp; slabbed in the first place. Unfortunately, both these tools are frowned upon by the TPGS&#039;s. That type of lighting shows the loss of luster from friction wear too easily and viewing a coin at 7X with both eyes lets you see too much!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s something I&#039;ll bet you didn&#039;t know, coins like this** were considered fraudulent alterations. They were not certified as genuine and sent back as alterations by the authentication services years before PCGS was around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most coins are graded by naked eye.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; As long as that&#039;s the case, lots of things will continue to slip into slabs...including counterfeits. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And as to &quot;market value,&quot; I&#039;m a <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> businessman.&nbsp; If I conserve that &quot;dog&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and it does not have the eye appeal it once had <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or shows actual wear, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> do you think I&#039;m going to lower its grade and pay the difference? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>** To my best recollection, this particular type of alteration did not show up until the late 1970&#039;s.&nbsp; Prior to that, a less effective surface alteration - &quot;thumbing&quot; was popular and easier to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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