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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2381191, member: 71723"]And for no one more so than the top 2 TPG's. I recently bought a coin/stamp combo for just above melt at my local coin club auction. 1964 (P) Kennedy half with the horizontal Kennedy commem stamp that came out when he was killed, both in a black cardboard holder in a snap case - nothing special about either one, right? Wrong. The half had obviously been in the cardboard holder that both had come in, for DECADES, judging from the toning. Look up NGC's <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4337715001/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4337715001/" rel="nofollow">4337715-001</a>. It came back MS65; I suggest STRICTLY because it was toned. "Gets in the way"? You bet!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had it slabbed to be able to PROVE to somebody that color gets upgraded all by itself. The marks on this coin are OBVIOUS in hand. It's NOT an MS65, somebody at NGC simply got influenced by the color.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2381191, member: 71723"]And for no one more so than the top 2 TPG's. I recently bought a coin/stamp combo for just above melt at my local coin club auction. 1964 (P) Kennedy half with the horizontal Kennedy commem stamp that came out when he was killed, both in a black cardboard holder in a snap case - nothing special about either one, right? Wrong. The half had obviously been in the cardboard holder that both had come in, for DECADES, judging from the toning. Look up NGC's [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4337715001/']4337715-001[/URL]. It came back MS65; I suggest STRICTLY because it was toned. "Gets in the way"? You bet! I had it slabbed to be able to PROVE to somebody that color gets upgraded all by itself. The marks on this coin are OBVIOUS in hand. It's NOT an MS65, somebody at NGC simply got influenced by the color.[/QUOTE]
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