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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 929192, member: 5454&quot;]^^^^^^^^^^^^^</p><p>&nbsp;Can you tell us more?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly what I am afraid of.&nbsp; And when I have so called &quot;experts&quot; look at my coins each has a different opinion.</p><p>&nbsp;I had a 1936 Buffalo nickel proof.&nbsp; It was sold to the previous owner as a PF-65 for mega money.&nbsp; When I came to own the coin it had a nice obverse but the reverse had several corroded spots near the rim.&nbsp; It looked like at least one spot was worked on with a dremel tool and grinding wheel.&nbsp; There was missing metal and an obvious concave area ground into the coin.</p><p>Nice coin for what I paid for it.&nbsp; It was looked at by several experts and all agreed it was a satin proof and not a brilliant proof.</p><p>&nbsp; Anyway I sent it off to ANACS and they slabbed it &quot;Brilliant, corroded, rim polished. PF60 details &quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;I had considered sending it to NCS but-&nbsp; What could they have done with the missing metal concave area?&nbsp; My guess is they could do nothing to help that coin.&nbsp; Long story short= I decided not to crack it out and sell it slabbed as is.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;I also considered making a necklace, bracelet, money clip, or earring with the coin exposing only the nice obverse and hiding the damaged reverse.</p><p>What I did was bring it back to the ANACS guy at the Auburn coin show.&nbsp; He strongly advised not to crack it out but sell it slabbed as a PF60.</p><p>&nbsp;I didn&#039;t want to keep a problem coin.</p><p>One dealer offered me $100 instant cash or trade credit.</p><p>A second dealer offered me $300 cash or trade credit.&nbsp; I traded it for a 1986</p><p>NGC MS69 quarter oz. AGE. and that was that.</p><p>Undamaged a 1936 Brill. Buff PF63 or better is a $3,000 coin.</p><p>I got rid of it for $300 worth of gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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