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Message:: [QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 7661495, member: 4920"]That's a good question. Really. This is how I see it. There are other 1933s. We know that. But only one was cleared for export, and, therefore, arguably, legal. Is this the one? To be the one, it has to be the 1933 Farouk. No other 1933 will do. No other 1933 can be auctioned. Only the 1933 Farouk can be auctioned. When a TPG slabs it--in effect, branding it--the TPG is representing it's the one, and not one of the others. The TPG isn't representing it's any 1933, but the 1933 Farouk. Question. Is it? I'll even say this. They (meaning, Sotheby's, PCGS, CAC, this seller, this owner, and probably even the good boys and girls at Coin World who concocted this what appears to me at least cover story) know this chain of custody has problems. Just pause and think about that for a minute. Which is most plausible, these entities just accepted this as the 1933 Farouk, or they checked into it? I say they checked into it, to be sure. Then why won't PCGS stand by it, like it does every other coin its offered to grade? It's because they don't know. After all the checking, they're still unsure. In short, PCGS can't defend this title. If another 1933 comes along, they've no proof this is the one. So how can they even auction it as the one? I know, the seller doesn't want it in a slab. Throw it off on the seller. Now they got it. Only what seller wouldn't want it in a slab? And there's why this is a crock.[/QUOTE]