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Message:: [QUOTE="Hobo, post: 379328, member: 11521"]Sorry to hear about your experience. This is a hard lesson to learn. The Pan-Pac half is one of my favorite coins and I hate to hear of someone ruining one by polishing it. I hate it even more when this is done do deceive a beginner collector.  I am guessing it was graded by ANACS because none of the other Top 4 TPGs would slab a polished coin. Was the coin graded "AU-58" or "AU-58 Details". There is a big difference. Without seeing the coin it is hard to make a judgement but I will stick my neck out and guess that an "AU-58 Polished" Pan-Pac half may bring around EF/XF money. Grey Sheet for an XF Pan-Pac half is $194/$215 (Bid/Ask). If the coin is "AU-58 Details Polished" then I would guess it would be worth less than that. For future reference I would recommend that until you learn to grade coins that you only buy slabbed coins - especially those costing more than $150 or so.  I hope this doesn't turn you off on coin collecting. There is no one here that has not overpaid for a coin or that has not bought a coin that is a lower grade than advertised so don't kick yourself too much. Consider this a payment on your tuition. By the way - welcome to CoinTalk.[/QUOTE]