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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 278432, member: 1242"]I totally agree with your posting! However, I was under the impression that Heritage always sends coins to PCGS if they are problem free! That they only send coins to NCS or ANACS when there is an issue with damage and/or cleaning??!! If the coin is authentic and problem free, then I am sure that Heritage will go the PCGS route!</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the pics of the coin are not that great, I used several techniques to get a better view of the coin and I cannot see anything that stands out, to make me believe that it is a Counterfeit. Even though it appears that there may be some slight dings in the fields, a gouge, ding or Struck Thru between the "4" and "9" of the Date and maybe some minor rim issues, the coin appears to be close to MS-64 which would make it the finest known. If some of the issues that I think I can see, are in fact due to the quality of the pics, then the coin may grade even higher and fetch a record price for the Date! If we had some better closeups of the coin, then I believe we could better determine a grade and give a better assessment of it's authenticity!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is truly an honor to view such a nice specimen of an extremely rare coin! Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 278432, member: 1242"]I totally agree with your posting! However, I was under the impression that Heritage always sends coins to PCGS if they are problem free! That they only send coins to NCS or ANACS when there is an issue with damage and/or cleaning??!! If the coin is authentic and problem free, then I am sure that Heritage will go the PCGS route! Although the pics of the coin are not that great, I used several techniques to get a better view of the coin and I cannot see anything that stands out, to make me believe that it is a Counterfeit. Even though it appears that there may be some slight dings in the fields, a gouge, ding or Struck Thru between the "4" and "9" of the Date and maybe some minor rim issues, the coin appears to be close to MS-64 which would make it the finest known. If some of the issues that I think I can see, are in fact due to the quality of the pics, then the coin may grade even higher and fetch a record price for the Date! If we had some better closeups of the coin, then I believe we could better determine a grade and give a better assessment of it's authenticity! It is truly an honor to view such a nice specimen of an extremely rare coin! Thanks! Frank[/QUOTE]
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