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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7856493, member: 101855"]Yes, they can. Having gotten ripped off by a slab that was intentionally scratched to hide the fact that an early coin had been polished, I learned a lesson. I also learned that it costs too much to get a coin re-holdered when the slab is too messed up to fix with headlight polish. </p><p><br /></p><p>I once bought a 1903 McKinley Gold Dollar that was very close to a P-L in a messed up holder. I love the coin, but I hate what I had to pay for the holder and shipping. Never again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7856493, member: 101855"]Yes, they can. Having gotten ripped off by a slab that was intentionally scratched to hide the fact that an early coin had been polished, I learned a lesson. I also learned that it costs too much to get a coin re-holdered when the slab is too messed up to fix with headlight polish. I once bought a 1903 McKinley Gold Dollar that was very close to a P-L in a messed up holder. I love the coin, but I hate what I had to pay for the holder and shipping. Never again![/QUOTE]
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