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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 79106, member: 2761&quot;]Here we go...Coin World October 17th, 2005 issue...</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of months back, ICG certified the only known (outside of the Smithsonian) 1974 Aluminum Cent graded as AU58.&nbsp; The story has it that then U.S. Capital Police Officer Albert Toven saw a US House Representative <u>drop</u> this cent in the basement of the Rayburn Office Building in late 1973.&nbsp; Picking it up, he ran after the representative to return what he thought was a dime, but was reportedly told by the representative to keep it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1974 Aluminum Cents were struck as an experimental pieces due to the increasing price of copper.&nbsp; 1,571,167 went struck through two production runs, 14 trial pieces were given to committee leaders so they could see how the coin would look and feel.&nbsp; 9 were given to House committee members and five went to Senate committee members.&nbsp; Other pieces were distrubuted among Mint and Treasury officials.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now after this experimental cent went no where, Mint officials asked for all of these cents back and some members claimed they lost theirs.&nbsp; Opps...</p><p><br /></p><p>So...30 years later, one of these pieces ends up with relatives of the late officer Toven and ICG grades it as AU58.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a coin that was held with other loose change and ends up bouncing around a basement floor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wait...let&#039;s crack it out and give PCGS a swing at it.&nbsp; They grade it as MS62!?!&nbsp; Not AU55 or MS60, but a 4 point swing!?!&nbsp; Now, my experience with circulated coins graded by ICG is that they are tough.&nbsp; They may not be tough on moderns and those coins above MS68, but if you look at their circulated grades, they are very conservative.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS takes this coin and ups it 4 points!?!?!&nbsp; I would like to know how after all of the press 2 months when ICG first went public PCGS got their hands on this coin and why the 4 point swing??</p><p><br /></p><p>Constructive comments?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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