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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 768983, member: 15309&quot;][FONT=geneva,arial]<font size="3">[FONT=geneva,arial]<font size="2"><font face="Verdana">The number after the slash in a population is the number of higher graded examples.&nbsp; </font></font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT]You are right, it could be a bad photo, but it is not.&nbsp; This exact same coin sold in a Teletrade auction in April 2009 for a price of $109.&nbsp; Here is the auction listing and description (get ready to laugh).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2681&amp;lot=1468&amp;imagetype=j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2681&amp;lot=1468&amp;imagetype=j" rel="nofollow">http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=2681&amp;lot=1468&amp;imagetype=j</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[FONT=geneva,arial]<font size="3">[FONT=geneva,arial]<font size="2"><span style="color: Blue">Superb Gem. Well struck. Pleasing surfaces which are very warmly red-golden toned as to appear gilt. NGC has certified just 15 coins at this level with none finer. </span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">I am half tempted to buy this coin and send it to NGC and attempt to use their grade guarantee.&nbsp; This coin has no business in an MS67 holder.&nbsp; From what I see in the photos, it has no business in an MS65 holder.&nbsp; If I had to describe this coin in an auction catalog, this is what I would write.</font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue">Superb surfaces account for a technically graded premium gem coin that will fit perfectly in a registry set unencumbered by photographs.</span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">This is what I would want to write.</span></span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Blue">Turd brown patina completely mutes the luster of this minimally abraded Jefferson Nickel that appears as if it was struck in a terminal die state.&nbsp; The result is one of the highest graded visually unappealing coins in existence.&nbsp; A perfect candidate for the blind collector.</span></span></span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Blue"><br /></span></span></span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black">THIS COIN SUCKS!</span></span></span></span></font></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: Black"><span style="color: Blue"></span></span></span></font></font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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