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Message:: [QUOTE="vavet, post: 401023, member: 11630"]My contention with regard to evidence of handling in this case is in relation to THAT coin. To answer your question, I believe that the phrase "evidence of handling", when spoken by Rick Montgomery in reference to that coin, means that the coin is no longer "mint state". Apparently Q. David Bowers, Walter Breen, an auction house, and those other two early Dollar specialists who examined that coin were all able to detect just that, conserved or not.  What did you expect NGC to say when all the criticism came out about that grade? Evidence of handling with regard to that coin is TPG speak to CYA IMO, just like "revenue enhancement" is political speak for tax increases. Also IMO, they bumped that grade up because it's a rare coin, plus the pedigree, and they went with 62 because they knew it wouldn't change the pecking order for 1804 Dollars. If that's not wear on that coin, it's one sick coin that was struck as a presentation piece. If you want to believe Montgomery that's fine with me. I'll go with the majority on this one and I'll take Bowers' opinion over Montgomery's any day and every day.[/QUOTE]