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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2848316, member: 24314"]C-B-D, posted: "Thank you for your shared opinion. I'm pretty confident, having seen it in hand, that I'm right. But, hey, I've been wrong before. Stay tuned and in 4-6 weeks I'll let you know."</p><p><br /></p><p>LOL, this is not a matter of being right or wrong. Sending the coin to PCGS or NGC proves only one thing, professional graders have determined that the multiple corrosion spots on the coin are "market acceptable." </p><p><br /></p><p>I can agree with several here, the coin is attractive and I'd gladly pay more than $78 for it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I would also know exactly what I was buying. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, when you get the coin back, learn from it! An informed collector makes better choices than an uninformed one.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I'm at it...this: "Aside from that AU55 is a strange grade to give a coin with some original mint red showing, and a nice strike."</p><p><br /></p><p>Check with a grading guide, even XF coins can have original luster on them. Still, as I posted above, AU-55 was a stupid grade to put on an AU-58 that may come back from PGCS as a straight graded 61-62 or Unc details "artificial color." Just remember, what I wrote: The coin is 100% corroded and recolored. I hope you get it into an MS-63 Brown slab!! Really! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2848316, member: 24314"]C-B-D, posted: "Thank you for your shared opinion. I'm pretty confident, having seen it in hand, that I'm right. But, hey, I've been wrong before. Stay tuned and in 4-6 weeks I'll let you know." LOL, this is not a matter of being right or wrong. Sending the coin to PCGS or NGC proves only one thing, professional graders have determined that the multiple corrosion spots on the coin are "market acceptable." I can agree with several here, the coin is attractive and I'd gladly pay more than $78 for it. :happy: I would also know exactly what I was buying. :smuggrin: Nevertheless, when you get the coin back, learn from it! An informed collector makes better choices than an uninformed one. While I'm at it...this: "Aside from that AU55 is a strange grade to give a coin with some original mint red showing, and a nice strike." Check with a grading guide, even XF coins can have original luster on them. Still, as I posted above, AU-55 was a stupid grade to put on an AU-58 that may come back from PGCS as a straight graded 61-62 or Unc details "artificial color." Just remember, what I wrote: The coin is 100% corroded and recolored. I hope you get it into an MS-63 Brown slab!! Really! :D[/QUOTE]
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