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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 680052, member: 112"]Well, some are saying that perhaps the coin is not damaged, that it is some sort of error. OK, I could buy that except for one thing. Exactly what kind of mint error could possibly explain what has happened to that coin ? I sure don't know of any. Think about it. There is no way that could be a mint error. For the tops of the letters to be extended like that the die would have to break. But, if the die broke then you would have much larger lumps at the the tops of the letters than what is there. No, I am convinced that it is post mint damage. Just like when a coin gets damage from a rolling machine and part of the metal of the letters or date etc is pushed along the surface of the coin to one side or the other. Something like that happened to this coin. You can even see the grooves in the tops of the N and E. Even the U in UNUM is damaged. So I think PCGS just pushed the limits of their leniency when it comes to grading key date coins. Every single one of us here has seen them do it countless times. They detail graded that coin and slapped it into a slab - when they should not have. Of course, as somebody has already said - you might think differently if you saw it in hand. Well, the person who started this thread HAS seen it in hand. And it's a person with experience & knowledge. And he says - "they dropped the ball on this one."[/QUOTE]