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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 69800, member: 1242&quot;]Speedy,</p><p><br /></p><p>How do you know that the coin was cleaned years ago? You could only be assuming this since it was stated as a possibility in an earlier response and it is noted on the slab that the coin was cleaned! I would have the coin examined under a Microscope by a reliable and knowledgeable Coin Dealer and if there is no evidence of cleaning, then I would send it back to ANACS.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had a bad experience with ANACS in the past and don&#039;t always trust their judgement! Even longtime and knowledgeable Coin Dealers don&#039;t always trust most of the Coin Grading Companies because some coins come back undergraded or noted as cleaned when they have not been cleaned and will crack the coin out of the slab and sell it. The grading of coins is done by humans and sometimes these humans have a bad day but when a coin comes back undergraded or noted as having been cleaned when it has not been cleaned, then this can cause a Coin Dealer or individual to suffer a loss of hundreds if not thousands of dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent an 1865 Seated Liberty Half Dollar that was struck in copper to ANACS for authentication, grading, attribution and slabbing. They charged me a hefty fee and returned the coin ungraded and unslabbed with a note saying only that it was a Restrike with nothing else. Seeing that some Restrikes (Official and Unofficial) are highly sought after and bring a fairly good premium, I expected at least to know more about the coin. I took the coin to 5 different longtime and knowledgeable Coin Dealers and they all agreed that the coin was not a counterfeit, was struck using the original Dies, was MS-63 to&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; MS-64 in grade and was a superb strike. I ended up returning the coin to the gentleman that I purchased it from and got a refund. However, I trully believe that the coin was very rare and extremely valuable and believe that because ANACS&#039; did not grade and slab the coin after I paid good money for it or provide some background information on the coin in reference to it being a Restrike, that they caused me a significant loss! The gentleman eventually resold the coin but would not tell me what he got for it. However, I heard from several Coin Dealers that the genteman got several thousand dollars for it! When I purchased the coin, I paid him what he asked for it which was only $350.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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