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<p>[QUOTE="ronnie58, post: 2967510, member: 90698"]I noticed this same thing on some of the unslabbed offerings that claimed to be business strikes, but figured the seller was being misleading. It's hard to imagine that the TPGs would get it wrong.</p><p> One way to approach this would be to buy only with a guarantee. That way you could either submit a raw coin to PCGS or resubmit an existing slab for confirmation. The seller would be bound to a refund if they came back as proofs.</p><p> There is another possibility. If the 'mint state == rounded edges' is not a hard and fast rule, then how can anybody, including the TPGs, be certain in the absence of other known indicators. Seems to me that the high dollar examples should only be valued at those high prices if the attribution is 'beyond dispute'. </p><p> Hopefully one of the CT veterans can offer more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ronnie58, post: 2967510, member: 90698"]I noticed this same thing on some of the unslabbed offerings that claimed to be business strikes, but figured the seller was being misleading. It's hard to imagine that the TPGs would get it wrong. One way to approach this would be to buy only with a guarantee. That way you could either submit a raw coin to PCGS or resubmit an existing slab for confirmation. The seller would be bound to a refund if they came back as proofs. There is another possibility. If the 'mint state == rounded edges' is not a hard and fast rule, then how can anybody, including the TPGs, be certain in the absence of other known indicators. Seems to me that the high dollar examples should only be valued at those high prices if the attribution is 'beyond dispute'. Hopefully one of the CT veterans can offer more.[/QUOTE]
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