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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 3279554, member: 31286&quot;]Ah, nailed it.&nbsp; Coin was in an NGC XF40 holder - sold in a Heritage auction for $2800+ in 2016.&nbsp; Someone put it in an PCGS VF35 holder and got a CAC sticker. As such in auctions last year and earlier this year it sold several times, none as high as the previous Heritage Auction but not a lot lower.&nbsp; Sale prices ranged from $2600 to $2700.&nbsp; Very tight range. That&#039;s where it currently resides.&nbsp; I got it in a trade so price was somewhat irrelevant - but it fits well into my 1840 collection which other than dimes and half dimes is nearly complete.&nbsp; It is a nice coin and partly because of the poor strike (which I believe 100% accounts for the weakness in the edges and a lot of the wings) I could see it being XF 40. Under a Loupe there is a lot of original surface roughness in areas that look like wear.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m totally fine with the current 35 w CAC though. Interesting that market-wise it brought it down a little.&nbsp; One thing -&nbsp; the NGC holder it was in was the older kind with the solid white panel - it would have looked a lot better in a new NGC holder.&nbsp; If I owned it in the NGC holder I would have put it in a new holder and then sent it to CAC.&nbsp; Pic is the heritage shot.&nbsp; Unfortunately for my registry NGC has deleted it&#039;s NGC certification number - but I suppose it&#039;s good for preserving the super low population numbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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