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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 2480243, member: 31286&quot;]Some backstory - yes the coin was originally in a secure PCGS slab.&nbsp; People who know more than I do looked at the coin in hand and universally agreed that it certainly looked like PVC residue - as did everyone here except Doug who says it couldn&#039;t be because PCGS wouldn&#039;t let it go through.&nbsp; I did notice that in the PCGS info site they say there foreign material assessment is a new technique - so I wonder if this coin might have been originally slabbed before they started doing that, but I certainly wouldn&#039;t know if that could be possible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was sent to PCGS with the intention of it either being conserved successfully or for a claim that it wasn&#039;t accurately graded.&nbsp; They removed the substance and sent it back in a regular (not secure) slab with the same AU50 grade. Since the photo techniques are different I can&#039;t really make any judgement about the color.&nbsp; I doubt the surface (scratches, etc) are different - they just show up more in the post cons picture. However, some, but not all of the dark spots that weren&#039;t &quot;green&quot; were also removed - so I assume it was dipped.&nbsp; In hand it doesn&#039;t look terrible - but it is quite bright.&nbsp; I have another silver coin from 1840 that I&#039;ve posted that is the same color, but has much more luster - which I suppose proves a coin can be dipped without eliminating it&#039;s luster - but that coin (a half dollar) while about same color but with far more luster is graded xf45.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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