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Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 1463659, member: 19065"]Thanks Collect89! It's genuine alright, but not 'Genuine' in terms of grade! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> PCGS gave it an AU 55. I spent a lot of time, a couple of years actually, pondering which side of the AU / MS divide I wanted to focus on with coin. Eventually, I felt that when a decently struck example came along in AU that this was the one for me. It's one of my favorite US coins. I like the softer details and the Art Deco-like sculptural quality of the figure. While considering and learning about this coin, I looked at MANY of these coins before committing to buying. I only considered those in NGC or PCGS so I wouldn't have to risk dealing with raw examples that may have been cleaned poorly or removed from bezels, fake, and so on. There are many of these slabbed by the TPGs. Plenty of them in the AU and low MS grades for reasonable prices. Fewer exist slabbed and at obtainable price ranges in the upper MS range, which I believe tops out at 67 for this coin. Somewhere over 46,000 minted, but I doubt they all survive in collections. There are lots with mushy details and plenty have developed significant amounts of red spots on them too. Anyway, thanks again for the comments and checking that book about the coin. :thumb:[/QUOTE]