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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2446135, member: 24314"]The coin is a joke! Take any small coin and put a deep gouge in the center of the PFA of the obverse and assign a straight grade? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />For shame, that's something I should expect from a third tier TPGS. </p><p> </p><p>If, if, if...If it didn't come from a famous collection it would have been detailed. The sucker who bought it will be really "happy" when he tries to sell it. The only thing that could redeem this coin and its assigned grade is if the graders decided it was a "struck thru;" but if that were the case it should have been put on the label.</p><p> </p><p>I guess this begs the question, "If a Proof is accidentally smashed with a hammer and kicked across the coining room floor before release by the Mint, does it qualify as "damage?" That's makes <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">THREE JOKES</span> on this thread.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2446135, member: 24314"]The coin is a joke! Take any small coin and put a deep gouge in the center of the PFA of the obverse and assign a straight grade? :(For shame, that's something I should expect from a third tier TPGS. If, if, if...If it didn't come from a famous collection it would have been detailed. The sucker who bought it will be really "happy" when he tries to sell it. The only thing that could redeem this coin and its assigned grade is if the graders decided it was a "struck thru;" but if that were the case it should have been put on the label. I guess this begs the question, "If a Proof is accidentally smashed with a hammer and kicked across the coining room floor before release by the Mint, does it qualify as "damage?" That's makes [COLOR=rgb(179, 0, 179)]THREE JOKES[/COLOR] on this thread.:jawdrop::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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