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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;C-B-D, post: 2895958, member: 43130&quot;]Before Pics: PCGS UNC Details, Environmental Damage (seller&#039;s pics edited together):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]696549[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me preface this by saying that I don&#039;t know why I bought this coin, other than it was simply an impulse buy, and I thought it was going pretty cheap on eBay. It was at auction and I won it for $137.50. My initial thoughts in-hand was, <i>&quot;How can this be environmental damage when there is no gradual specks or color changes? I mean, it has jet black areas and lustrous white areas and nothing else in between!&quot; </i>I considered sending it to NCS for conservation along with a few Indian Head Cents I had, but thought I&#039;d give it a try myself and at least see what was underneath that black stuff (IF I could get it off at all, which I wasn&#039;t sure I could). Anyway, it took 2 dips and a little careful Q-tip work. After the first dip, the dark areas went from black to light brown/red. Here&#039;s a pic of the coin after the first dip, which was completely undiluted:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]696559[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I let it rest for a day, unsure if it would grade even in this state. I was afraid I would burn the luster right off this thing. But the next morning I carefully touched a little more dip with a Q-tip (this time diluted dip), and WOW! Most of the brownish red color lifted off and there was just a touch of iridescent reddish color, when you looked at it at the right angle. I searched it for hairlines. There were none. It hadn&#039;t been harshly cleaned. So what the heck, I sent it to PCGS and got it in a Secure Plus holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, PCGS MS64! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No, I&#039;m not kidding. This is the same coin! TrueView image. Results came in last night. PCGS Retail is $675.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]696550[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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