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Message:: [QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2557585, member: 17665"]Benjamin,  I can understand your desire to have something very special, we all want that for the most part. You have been given the best advice possible above by very knowing collectors. If the answer here is not satisfactory, then your next step would be to take it to a knowledgeable dealer for another opinion. If you are still not satisfied then the next step would be to send it to ANAC's as they do specialize in errors. It will cost you some money. If it turns out we were correct then I would expect you to come back, eat a little crow, and own up. If we were wrong then most here would do the same for you. And not to rehash the above, but banks do not certify rolls of coins, only third party graders do this (TPG's) like PCGS, NGC, ANAC's and some T.V. hawkers. People deface coins in all sorts of ways, grinding, polishing, cutting with lasers, acid baths, drilling for jewelery, counter stamping, etc. We have all seen many examples of this over the years and most of us also know the minting process well enough to have given the answers we did.[/QUOTE]