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Message:: [QUOTE="James Finseth, post: 4810672, member: 114571"]I recently purchased an 1857 half cents from a Stacks auction.  It is currently in a PCGS PF-63 BN holder.  A bit of research and I found that the coin was previously in an NGC MS-64 BN holder, Jules-Reiver pedigree and auctioned by Heritage[ATTACH=full]1167091[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1167092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1167093[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1167094[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1167096[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1167097[/ATTACH] .  The coin is easily identified by the "lint mark" to the left of the nose.  PCGS did not put the pedigree on the holder.  What is very interesting is that this is a B-1 variety, which is R-7/R-8 in Proof according to Breen's reference book on half cents.  Note: the files attached from when it was in the NGC holder are from Heritage's website so not very good quality, but at least they are good enough to clearly identify the coin.  So NGC said it was MS, PCGS said it is PF. Which is it?[/QUOTE]