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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26634593, member: 10461&quot;]At the NGC table.&nbsp; Four coins goin’ off.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Roman Republican denarius with the John Quincy Adams pedigree.&nbsp; Cost me five extra bucks for the pedigree.&nbsp; I gave ‘em the documentation.&nbsp; Worst case scenario, if they won’t put the pedigree on the holder (which is possible), then I’m out that five bucks.&nbsp; You have to pay it for the research, whether they accept it or not.&nbsp; Cross your fingers for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1698721[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1698720[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698716[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, the sweet Hadrian denarius Randy <i>gave</i> me last month.&nbsp; Hope for Ch XF or maybe AU.&nbsp; Plain XF would be acceptable.&nbsp; I paid for Photovision imaging.&nbsp; I always do.&nbsp; Will be nice to have better pix of this one than my wretched cellphone shots.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698719[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the 1564 Thaler I bought yesterday.&nbsp; I paid extra for imaging (+$8) and also Fast Track, to reduce the turnaround time by 50% (+$15).&nbsp; Hope for straight grade XF40, but VF30-35 would be acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698718[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, Randy’s 1803 half dollar he got for a song (before the show).&nbsp; Paid extra for Fast Track, and NCS conservation.&nbsp; It has some funky secondary toning from an old cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully they’ll conserve it to a lighter shade and more even coloration.&nbsp; It would be amazing if it got a straight grade afterwards, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.&nbsp; But even with a details/cleaned result, Randy can’t lose on this one, for what he paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>It actually came out looking nice in my quickie pic at the NGC booth.&nbsp; In hand, it’s pretty dark.&nbsp; But it has nice details.&nbsp; XF, maybe?&nbsp; VF+ details, minimum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1698717[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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