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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1278772, member: 19423&quot;]Saw these at one of the local coin shops the other day and had to get them.&nbsp; As some of you may know, I like PCGS graded coins and also like collecting old slabs.&nbsp; Before starting up PCGS, David Hall certified coins as David Hall&#039;s Numismatic Investment Group and sealed the coins in plastic flips (with the coin in a hard plastic holder inside the flip to prevent PVC damage).&nbsp; For modern proofs like these, I&#039;m pretty sure the highest grade given out was &quot;Mint State 65&quot; at the time.&nbsp; Accordingly, when finding these old flips, you can get some decent deals when you know the coins would grade higher under current standards.&nbsp; For example, the 1954 nickel is graded &quot;Gem Proof Mint State 65.&quot;&nbsp; Today I think it would be a Proof 66 Cameo, maybe even a Proof 67 Cameo.&nbsp; And of course, the best part is that I think I got these pretty cheap as the dealer didn&#039;t seem to care much about them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/19371cDH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/19371cDH2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/19545cDH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/19545cDH2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/19555cDH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/19555cDH2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/196450cDH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/196450cDH2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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