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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3175841, member: 112&quot;]Lemme ask those who disagree with me something. What about this coin , is it a Specimen ?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F5%2F6%2F3%2F2%2F15632552%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to the slab it is. But yet for decades - it wasn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F7%2F1%2F5%2F1715903%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But suddenly in recent years and seemingly for no reason other than they wanted to - they changed the designation and coins that were SMS became Specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or what about this one - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F3%2F4%2F8%2F4%2F13484626%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is that a Specimen ? According to the slab it is. But it&#039;s a coin that exist in the millions, was made for no special purpose other than be part of an annual mint set - which had never been called Specimens until the the TPGs decided to make this change !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I could post more coins like this than I could count. The point is it was an arbitrary change that had nothing to do with the coins. It was nothing but a marketing gimmick. And that&#039;s the same thing they did with that Morgan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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