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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2541351, member: 10461&quot;]Yes, these have gone up quite a bit in the years since 2004, I gather.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a couple of white-metal 1848 5-franc patterns in old small ANACS PR63 holders- quite awesome designs- for $200-ish apiece at the FUN show sometime around then (2004-2006-ish).</p><p><br /></p><p>Though this piece is a pop. 1 coin at PCGS, I see Heritage sold an <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/france/france-republic-copper-essai-10-centimes-1848-/a/3031-28000.s?hdnJumpToLot=1x=0&amp;y=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/france/france-republic-copper-essai-10-centimes-1848-/a/3031-28000.s?hdnJumpToLot=1x=0&amp;y=0" rel="nofollow">NGC 63</a> in January of 2014 for $258.&nbsp; Considering that coin was a 63 and this one is a 65 with far more spectacular toning, I am content with the price I just paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>That little &quot;NA&quot; anomaly [USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER] pointed out does bear further examination when I have this piece in hand (I told Atlas to take their time shipping it since I was fleeing a hurricane), but I don&#039;t <i>think</i> it will amount to much.&nbsp; Surely PCGS would not have 65-ed it if there were really graffiti there.&nbsp; And it is not plastic scratches, since the TrueView images are done <i>before</i> the coins are encapsulated in plastic at PCGS.&nbsp; I expect it may be just a few stray marks that were picked up by the lighting and coincidentally look like graffiti. </p><p><br /></p><p>The PR65 CAM 3c piece in my Box of 20 has such a mark at the top of the obverse which shows in the pictures, but in hand is only visible with a loupe, at certain angles to the light.&nbsp; (You can even see that mark, to the left of the word &quot;OF&quot;, if you squint at that coin on the far right in my signature line image.)&nbsp; Such can be the case on early proofs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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