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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robec, post: 1132579, member: 19094&quot;]I posted this earlier on the NGC boards, but there may be a couple here that may be interested. Coinguy56 are you here? I know you love your Matties.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had this 1911 for a couple of years. It&#039;s not one that I would have purchased due to haze and debris or foreign matter in some of the obverse letters, but I gladly accepted it as a throw-in during a multi coin trade with another member. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was in a PCGS PR65BN holder. Because of the problem mentioned earlier I sent it to PCGS for spot review. Thinking that they would crack the coin out to review the coin, I attached a small white label to the obverse slab. According to their instructions a label was needed to identify the coin and invoice number. At any rate the sticker could easily have been removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the way I received the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/1911MPLspotrev_0001-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the obverse and some close ups of my concerns.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/1911MPLduaneObv_004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/0ec6e0a7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/0f78f964.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/b8f9a9a3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After having it back a couple of months I decided just to send it back to PCGS as a regrade hoping maybe they would clean it up. Especially since this time I know it would be cracked out. It came back same grade and with the same appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was then I decided to send it off to NCS for conservation and to NGC for grading. The reverse was never a problem, but they not only did some miracle work with the obverse, they made the reverse absolutely stunning. My photos don&#039;t do the coin justice, but here is a side by side comparison. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not only did they improve the appearance dramatically, but also improved the grade to a 66BN.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/2bc80362.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/aa800ec0-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/52b119a1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o176/robec1347/Matte%20Proof%20Lincolns/1911mplBeforeRev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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