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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 2422185, member: 24544&quot;]I am passing along this information that I received from another copper collector.&nbsp; This 1856 half cent was sold back in 2015 via heritage as a PCGS 64 red.&nbsp; It is now listed as 64+ red with a CAC sticker on ebay for twice the price, but has had two carbon spots removed, the ones by stars 5/6/7.&nbsp; Not sure how they were removed, but i have never seen carbon spots removed with any normal conservation method so I assume some kind of mechanical cleaning that also removed some metal.&nbsp; It should not be in a clean holder let alone an upgraded one with a CAC sticker.</p><p><br /></p><p>First sale in Heritage:</p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/half-cents/1856-1-2-c-c-1-b-2a-r1-ms64-red-pcgs/a/1227-3500.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/half-cents/1856-1-2-c-c-1-b-2a-r1-ms64-red-pcgs/a/1227-3500.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/half-cents/1856-1-2-c-c-1-b-2a-r1-ms64-red-pcgs/a/1227-3500.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now on ebay:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1856-1-2C-Braided-Hair-Half-Cent-PCGS-Graded-MS64-Red-CAC-RARE-/282039198372?hash=item41aad8a2a4:g:eSYAAOSw~oFXOMfI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1856-1-2C-Braided-Hair-Half-Cent-PCGS-Graded-MS64-Red-CAC-RARE-/282039198372?hash=item41aad8a2a4:g:eSYAAOSw~oFXOMfI" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1856-1-2C-Braided-Hair-Half-Cent-PCGS-Graded-MS64-Red-CAC-RARE-/282039198372?hash=item41aad8a2a4:g:eSYAAOSw~oFXOMfI</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One more example of why it&#039;s still buyer beware even with the third party graders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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