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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 138729, member: 2761&quot;]I have seen the 2003 Lincoln proofs with the claim of a &quot;disappearing 3&quot;.&nbsp; It is true that some of these &quot;&#039;3&#039;s&quot; are weakly struck, most likely caused by a filled die, but it is <b>NOT</b> an error.&nbsp; In 2004, I took some of these to the likes of PCGS, NGC and ANACS (F.U.N. show in Orlando) who all saw and stated the same thing...&quot;filled die&quot;, nothing more.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you look at the coin straight on, you can see the 2-0-0, but the 3 can only be seen if you tilt it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But wait!&nbsp; Our friends at <span style="color: Red"><b>Aboncom</b></span> and <span style="color: red"><b>Star Grading Service </b></span>(<span style="color: red"><b>SGS</b></span>) decided to &quot;grade&quot; these coins as a disappearing &quot;3&quot; (PR70 CAM of course!) and sell them on ebay!&nbsp; They claimed to be the first &quot;grading&quot; service to call this coin a &quot;disappearing 3&quot;...well, they are the ONLY ones as Aboncom and SGS are just a marketing and a packaging service for their OWN coins that are sold on eBay, noithing more.</p><p><br /></p><p>They still are hustling these coins.&nbsp; Look at their current auction:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/2003-S-PR70-ERROR-FADED-3-SGS-GRADED-LINCOLN_W0QQitemZ8435914941QQihZ021QQcategoryZ31373QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/2003-S-PR70-ERROR-FADED-3-SGS-GRADED-LINCOLN_W0QQitemZ8435914941QQihZ021QQcategoryZ31373QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">Aboncom/SGS faded Lincoln &quot;3&quot; listing</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with the misprinted COA&#039;s is the real deal, but it really doesn&#039;t add value to the coin(s) itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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