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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1626133, member: 15445"]I too like the old "look" of your coin. It looks like a 120 year old coin should look. It looks like it has been in grandma's coin jar for the last 50 years or so. It is not all bright & shiney or peacock colored.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your new coin appears to be in a new PCGS holder. There is no need to crack it & have it "trueview" photographed & re-slabbed by PCGS. When you have the slab in-hand you could take more photographs & practice getting good photos through the slab plastic. What is the TPG grade? </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I have some Columbian half dollars in my collection. I just handed a bright-white example to NGC at the FUN show. I just had to know a third party grade opinion. Also, I wanted to see if NGC would mount it with the ships facing forward. I'll let you know how NGC mounted it when it is returned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1626133, member: 15445"]I too like the old "look" of your coin. It looks like a 120 year old coin should look. It looks like it has been in grandma's coin jar for the last 50 years or so. It is not all bright & shiney or peacock colored. Your new coin appears to be in a new PCGS holder. There is no need to crack it & have it "trueview" photographed & re-slabbed by PCGS. When you have the slab in-hand you could take more photographs & practice getting good photos through the slab plastic. What is the TPG grade? BTW, I have some Columbian half dollars in my collection. I just handed a bright-white example to NGC at the FUN show. I just had to know a third party grade opinion. Also, I wanted to see if NGC would mount it with the ships facing forward. I'll let you know how NGC mounted it when it is returned.[/QUOTE]
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