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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 772997, member: 9104&quot;]I agree with both Lehigh and 900 on the technical asessment of this example.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grade on the slab is a moot point in the case of coins of this caliber.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin itself and it&#039;s provenance will be the primary factor in the price realized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not too many coins can be traced directly to the mint...amazing when you think about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be interesting to see how it was described in its previous offerings?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Ex: Obtained by John M. Clapp directly from the San Francisco Mint, December 1899, at face value; John H. Clapp; Clapp Estate (1942); Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; United States Gold Coin Collection (Eliasberg Collection, Bowers and Ruddy, 10/1982), lot 820.</p><p>From The Atherton Family Collection.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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