Just received my "Jekyll & Hyde" submission back from NGC yesterday - figured I would do some GTG for fun. As it's copper, you can choose a grade and a color designator. Feel free to add any thoughts you have below. GTG 1 (1971 1 Rappen) For additional fun, as well as a good laugh, I'll post NGC's "Cert Verification" photos. They're terrible. Second up: Switzerland 1973 1 Rappen This coin was pulled from an original mint set purchased at a flea market with a few other dates (including a couple other 1R I'll share later that were also part of this submission.) Medium focal length shot Long focal length shot
66 RB …I like coin #1 a tad better; this one is still very nice. The spots might have kept it out of a 67
Okay folks! Time for the grand reveal: I'm just going to quote NGC's Population Reports at this time (for simplicity) - at the time of posting, this coin is Top Pop (none finer in RD, one other at the same grade.) As promised, here are NGC's Cert Verification photos - I'm sure there's a coin in there somewhere, but how anyone could tell what it looks like is anyone's guess. It's a little better than the 1975, probably because this coin is actually properly seated in the slab (the 1975 is tilted.) Low effort and not acceptable quality, IMHO - again, significantly underlit. Also, it appears that their camera has either some dead pixels or debris on the mirror/lens, because each of the Swiss Rappens has a dark spot on the slab in the same place. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and ventured a guess!
