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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1446892, member: 15309&quot;]So here comes a story that you just won&#039;t believe.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t made rookie mistakes like this in years.&nbsp; My judgement was clouded by registry fever to obtain a top pop with a scant population of 8/0, a 1960 Jefferson Nickel NGC MS67.&nbsp; My Jefferson Nickel set is so close to completion that whenever an opportunity comes to upgrade, I jump on it in a hurry.&nbsp; This time, my haste may have cost me dearly.&nbsp; So a guy on the NGC forums posts a journal asking for values for an MS67 Jeff but only posts the obverse photo taken by NGC seen below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Misc/JN1960NGCMS67ProofOHseller.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My initial impression was that this was the absolute cleanest 1960 Jefferson Nickel that I had ever seen.&nbsp; I was so impressed that I didn&#039;t even care what the reverse looked like.&nbsp; I figured that even if there were a few marks, the obverse would carry the grade.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t notice that the rims were too strong.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t notice the reflectivity in the peripheries.&nbsp; All I saw was near flawless surfaces on a substandard and typically dark NGC photo.&nbsp; It seemed obvious from the journal posting that this guy wanted the value so he could sell the coin.&nbsp; Not wanting to face a bidding war, I contacte the seller via PM and persuaded him to sell me the coin by giving him a retail price of $350.&nbsp; He accepted the offer, I paid, and he shipped the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the mail today was the coin.&nbsp; I opened it, saw a proof and thought to myself &quot;what the heck is this guy trying to pull?&quot;&nbsp; I ran to my computer to check and the slab and certification number matched.&nbsp; At that moment, it dawned on me.&nbsp; NGC had made a mechanical error and labeled this $25 proof as a mint state coin.&nbsp; To make matters worse, in my haste I did not discuss a return policy with the seller.&nbsp; And to complicate matters further, I believe that NGC does not compensate for mechanical errors through their grade guarantee program.&nbsp; Which means if the seller does not agree to accept my return of the coin, I am out $325.&nbsp; To make matters even worse, I have nobody to blame but myself.&nbsp; I took photos of the coin anyway just to prove the coin is a proof.&nbsp; It is actually a very nice coin with decent cameo contrast not usually found on 1960 proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Misc/JN1960NGCMS67Proof.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to tell that the coin is a proof is that Monticello and the steps are completely hammered and the steps are full yet there is no full step designation.&nbsp; Something I definitely would have noticed if I had bothered to ask to see a photo of the reverse.&nbsp; Comments welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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