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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 446898, member: 2972&quot;]NGC graded the coin AU 50.&nbsp; FWIW, it is in an old NGC holder, used from 1992-1997, and based on the serial number, I&#039;d wager it was early in this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only way I can rationalize that grade is that they (like me) thought the coin was cleaned at some point, and the toning is secondary to that cleaning.&nbsp; However, I&#039;d likely grade it 55 or 53 because of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin I&#039;ve needed for my Dansco type set for some time, and I&#039;ve looked at lots of examples over the years, and this was the first that appealed to me in the XF / AU grades.&nbsp; I found the coin on the PCGS BST forum here, where it was offered by a fellow collector:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=7&amp;threadid=671162&amp;highlight_key=y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=7&amp;threadid=671162&amp;highlight_key=y" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=7&amp;threadid=671162&amp;highlight_key=y</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is worth noting that Dave Wnuck described the coin as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Rarities On-Line Comments: &lt;&lt;&lt;AU50. Quite choice, claims to a higher grade.&gt;&gt;&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p>So it seems most folks think the coin may be undergraded, so I won&#039;t feel so bad when I crack it out of the holder.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks to all for their grades and comments, and I hope you all enjoyed the thread...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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