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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2492324, member: 1892&quot;]It&#039;s not like PCI has any monopoly on holders which aren&#039;t airtight. Nobody else&#039;s are either, with the (apparent) exception of the one PCGS just introduced in the last few months accompanied by that video of dropping one into a fish tank. Artificially-toned coins in TPG holders aren&#039;t difficult to find - heck, a certain seller owned up to doing it at the PCGS boards a few years back.</p><p><br /></p><p>As regards the 1883&#039;s, you can assume that the first few strikes from any Morgan die will likely be of high quality and show PL/DMPL characteristics. PCGS shows 2600 of them in PL and 1700 in DMPL (likely exaggerated by crackouts). In the case of 36a (please accept my jealousy at finding two at once <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), the dies were polished to remove clashing artifacts, so one can expect some nice surfaces on examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the SEGS coin to be pretty color-accurate, based on the fact that the label and slab itself appear to be appropriately colored. Probably a tossup as to whether the marks would get it a Details grade elsewhere, although IMO the odds are in favor of &quot;not.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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