Is this for real? MS67 and CAC!

What am I missing? Could all of that have happened after the CAC? Or is this all a fake?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-P-STEE...60?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1e7fedea70

 

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Wow. Surely that thing didn't turn that fast.

 

LOL XD

 

I am not just sure what to look for, but I see nothing to indicate to me it is a fake. If anyone knows more, please comment.

 

but who was bar code?

 

Bar code checks out, but counterfeiters have access to the same info.

 

It is my personal belief that the coin could have graded 67 and then, because zinc is a ruddy metal, the "milking" happened after slabbing. I have money on improper storage.

 

Just goes to show that slabs do not adequately protect against environmental damage to coins...shame.

 

FWIW, I believe PCGS went to 8 digit numbers in 1990 and CAC did not start until 2007. That gives a minimum if 17 years in the slab before CAC saw it and a maximum of 6 years after it was stickered.

 

How much would you value this coin before, and how about after?

 

Not much to me, but it fills a registry spot. It is already up to $45

 

Slabs, Air Tites and other forms of encapsulation are not immune to poor storage conditions, especially high humidity...

One can only imagine what the eye-appeal of that piece was prior to the recent oxidation...

 

ugh

 

Yikes. Well, even CAC make mistakes sometimes. I've seen a number of CAC stickered coins that I thought weren't particularly good looking.

I wonder if it would be worthwhile to e-mail CAC the link to that auction and get their opinion on the coin.

 

I bid on it for the novelty. but not $66 of novelty. If not for this thread ... hmm neat!

 

lol thats what it is , their opinion is being expressed in the form of a bid. maybe its pcgs and cac bidding each other up?

7 dif bidders..

 

Wow!
Never recall seeing one that badly changed.
I know zinc oxidizes more quickly than the other normal coining metals but that change is striking!

I'm going to go with:
-- the fingerprint was on the coin before it was slabbed (that's a duh).
-- poor storage AFTER the CAC sticker accelerated the change.

Outside shot at it being a "flood" coin, i.e., it got soaked during a flood.

 

The oxidation isn't too surprising if the coin went from a dry climate to a wet one. I received some blue steelies that would have been MS64 or so. I gave them to a friend's father, and within a week of giving them to him (he put the two coins into the trophy/display case next to their kitchen), the coins were 30% oxidized on the surface.

 

I guess we will not get to see how much it was worth. eBay just pulled it. I wish I could find out why they pulled it.