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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3293386, member: 19165&quot;]Some of you have seen this coin before. Some of you may have seen this coin in person, when I bought it at the 2016 FUN show. </p><p><br /></p><p>I arrived at the show Friday morning, and I went straight to Rick Snow&#039;s table. I had recently purchased my PL Flying Eagle cent, and I wanted to confirm the variety with him (and make sure it wasn&#039;t a proof). He was helpful, told me it was definitely not a proof, and complimented my coin. We got to talking, and I told him about the type set I was building (a prooflike Type Set). </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, he showed me this coin. It was gorgeous. Rick had given it his &quot;Eagle Eye&quot; seal of approval, and told me that this coin came from Q D Bower&#039;s personal collection. I knew instantly that I wanted it. But I hesitated. It was in PCGS plastic, which meant that it did not have a PL designation. Rick was understanding - my entire collection is in NGC plastic, and I play on the NGC Registry. It was also a very large amount of money. If I bought that coin, I&#039;d be done not only for that show but for the next couple of months. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I brought a friend over to look at the coin, and he laid one simple piece of advice on me that I&#039;ve never forgotten: <b>&quot;If you don&#039;t buy that coin, will you regret it?&quot;</b> I&#039;ve realized over the years that there have been a couple of coins that &quot;got away,&quot; and I always regretted not buying them. Not taking the chance, not putting it all on the line. I actually went, got a hot dog, and thought about his advice while I ate the hot dog. I pondered the coin, the price, the opportunity, the coin, how beautiful the coin was, the price.... I went back and forth. But then I realized... If I didn&#039;t buy it, this is a coin that I would think about for years and wish that I had. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I bought it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The rest of the show was spent pleasantly wandering the aisles, just looking, listening, talking, and chatting. It was one of the best shows I ever went to, and I had spent my entire budget in the first hour of a 3 day trip. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, I get the coin home and I knew that I had to cross it to NGC for the PL designation. It was graded by PCGS as 65 RD, and I knew the grade was solid. Turns out, NGC agreed - they actually thought it was premium, and graded it 65+ RD. But no PL? What? There must be some mistake. </p><p><br /></p><p>I sat on the coin, and waited to resubmit. I recently sent it in for designation review, and finally got the grade back today: MS-65+ RD PL. The highest graded Indian Prooflike in the series! This makes the 5th graded PL known in the Indian cent series. There was absolutely no question in my mind when I bought this coin that it was everything I thought it was, but it is still nice to have the TPG agree. Man, I&#039;m so excited right now! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]871124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]871123[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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