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<p>[QUOTE="Bedford, post: 768097, member: 4917"]Personally- I did not want it to be sent in ,the owner of the Company I work for did.</p><p> For the most part I choose & screen all of our coins that go to service. In this case I did believe the coin was a VF details piece. I knew that it would only get a details grade . The other party wanted to take the shot due to the date & mint. Sometimes the TPG's will slab a coin problem free when it really isn't just for that reason. In addition the price that the buyer paid for it was at problem free money so that is another reason that we took the shot. Obviously it did not work out in our favor & we took our lumps & let it go for what the market dictated. I do not believe it was dipped - there is a touch of luster hidden around the divices but if you get it in the right light you will see enough light lines to have the TPG give it cleaned opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bedford, post: 768097, member: 4917"]Personally- I did not want it to be sent in ,the owner of the Company I work for did. For the most part I choose & screen all of our coins that go to service. In this case I did believe the coin was a VF details piece. I knew that it would only get a details grade . The other party wanted to take the shot due to the date & mint. Sometimes the TPG's will slab a coin problem free when it really isn't just for that reason. In addition the price that the buyer paid for it was at problem free money so that is another reason that we took the shot. Obviously it did not work out in our favor & we took our lumps & let it go for what the market dictated. I do not believe it was dipped - there is a touch of luster hidden around the divices but if you get it in the right light you will see enough light lines to have the TPG give it cleaned opinion.[/QUOTE]
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