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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;C-B-D, post: 3057364, member: 43130&quot;]First, do NOT try this at home. This is the exception, not the rule. This coin sold for $99 to a fellow collector friend of mine, who told me he bought it on Heritage after he sold it to me, which is how I found the pics. I cracked it and used acetone and a toothpick, mainly just to improve the appearance of the focal areas. The crust came off without a whole lot of effort, save for a couple specks. I thought it was F15 or VF20 on a good day, but I&#039;m just happy it straight graded. I did NOT plan to send it in, but after de-crusting it, I thought it had a shot, amazingly. And it did!</p><p><br /></p><p>Before: NGC VF details.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766301[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]766302[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After: PCGS F12</p><p>[ATTACH=full]766303[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the S-230, perfect die stage I. No reverse die crack. Price Guide value is $325 in F12. I did not have them add the variety, but some wonderfully astute members here identified it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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