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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 4572388, member: 5233&quot;]Actually...there was a period when PCGS had just started to slab problem coins where they would not list a details grade (prior to this they would return them in body bag).&nbsp; They simply said &quot;Genuine.&quot;&nbsp; The &quot;97&quot; and the end of the serial number was a code for what was wrong with the coin and why it was not gradable.&nbsp; I can&#039;t seem to find the code list though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit...found it. . 97 was the code for &quot;<i>Surface damage (either: large gouge/scrape, drill or chop mark)&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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