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Message:: [QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 7849329, member: 7638"]I won her in a Heritage Auction in April 2008.  Selling my late father's collection about a year earlier sparked my interest in coins especially early ones. I had just enough knowledge to be dangerous (to my wallet); and in this case I compromised on originality in the pursuit of rarity. She was in one of those old NCS slabs, gray label, gray plastic, truly an ugly tomb; on the headstone of this sarcophagus was "F details, cleaned."  I couldn't allow her to languish in there any longer.   Freedom was achieved with the side cutters, but it was a chore; those old NCS slabs are really tough!    Now she's free, dropping her on the counter I hear that sparkling "ting!" and tilting under light I can see some iridescent toning. Accurately designated "cleaned" as there are some fine hairlines and overall the surfaces are too reflective to be original. Still fun to hold and imagine what she has purchased and how she looked fresh off the press in Phila. 216 years ago. O126-A R4[ATTACH=full]1351567[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1351568[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]