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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 3266266, member: 78719&quot;]Yes of course, but also easy to criticize, and agree these are not optimal but what I had at the moment - these in fact are at least as nice as any Brit coins posted on here in recent times; however, I think you may be missing my central point - I do not feel that PCGS or NGC are the end-all in grading and that there is some chance that the source of the coin DOES affect grading, no matter how much they deny it. I have seen this many times, and obviously can not post such on either P or N sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you held either coin? Just wondering how you would deny a personal observation. I will stand by the in-hand assessment as being very similar to the picture and in fact it does possibly as much as any Victorian silver I have seen, and that is a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say I have collected the series for over 25 years and have often been asked for in-hand opinions, and am well known to Steve Hill, Neil Paisley et al in Merrie Olde Englande.</p><p>I can assure you of the aluminum foil appearance of the later, and is highly unusual. Somewhere I have pictures of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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