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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2428754, member: 1892&quot;]SEGS is a &quot;second tier grader&quot; with a very important difference. The guy behind SEGS, Larry Briggs, is a numismatist of national reputation. He&#039;s an acknowledged expert on many issues (particularly Seated and Morgan coins) and author/co-author of some important reference books. Yes, his grading service can be a bit off-target on occasion, but you will never hear an ill word about the skill, reputation or honor of its&#039; owner.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we assume your coin deserves its&#039; grade - and I say it that way because at MS66, professional-level images are required to form a worthy opinion and even that&#039;s as much guess as &quot;expert opinion&quot; - it&#039;s a pretty important coin. Yes, it looks good but this issue is what we call a Condition Rarity in that grade. PCGS has slabbed only 25 of them, and only 3 finer coins exist in their Population. In that era, paper money was considered much more useful than gold in the East -although Denver minted over 2 million of them, Philadelphia struck only 300,000. Many of those ended up stored in bags. As a result, although 1910-P isn&#039;t difficult to find in Mint State condition, very few survived that storage in a grade this lofty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fewer than two per year, on average, reach the auction block. The last one which did, in October 2015, realized $14,100. I would consider it a <b>high</b> priority to have the coin re-slabbed by PCGS or NGC, preferably the former.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is quite the introductory coin for a new member. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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