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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 829334, member: 19065&quot;]<b>1973-S Silver IKE graded MS66 by PCGS</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>An IKE for discussion</i>: I&#039;d like to read comments on this coins problems and whether you would send this coin to NCS for conservation, to get it in a new holder with an accurate grade or just leave it as is, allowing the prints, corrosion and what ever else to remain even if the condition might worsen over time? Don&#039;t worry about associated costs of sending to NCS in your responses. I have no problem with slabbed coins, even for a lower value item like this, so to slab or not to slab is not the issue here either. I bought this coin more as an educational piece and actually want to explore the process of proper coin conservation via NCS. What would you do…</p><p><br /></p><p>So, we have a <b>1973-S Silver IKE graded MS66 by PCGS</b> in on early green label holder, the second<a href="http://sampleslabs.com/pcgs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sampleslabs.com/pcgs.html" rel="nofollow"><b>†</b></a> type PCGS holder, I believe. I bought this coin sight-unseen and was well aware of potential looming issues based on the era of grading, despite there being no indication of the problems known at the time of sale which you will see detailed in the images below. <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/gdjmsp/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/gdjmsp/">Doug</a> has made mention in the past that many coins still in these early PCGS holders are &#039;likely to be a real dog of a coin&#039; so I was well aware of this potential. FWIW, I think he was right, per usual. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2">There are a large batch of images to share. These are my photos, not the best, I&#039;ve blurred the certification number intentionally, but I shot these images to show the problems under different angles of natural-lighting and magnification, citing: the stains, corrosive spots and finger print(s).</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font><font size="2"><span style="color: Blue"><i>Thanks in advance for any helpful comments and suggestions.</i></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>OBVERSE images:</b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6348_1600xx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6363_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6359_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6352_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>OBVERSE close-up images:</b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6366_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6367_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6369_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6368_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b><br /></b></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b><br /></b></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>REVERSE images:</b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6354_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6355_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6356_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b><br /></b></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b><br /></b></span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: DarkRed"><b>REVERSE close-up images:</b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6371_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6373_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6376_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6375_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6374_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/1973S%20IKE%20PCGS%20MS66%20SPOTS/DSCF6370_1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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