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<p>[QUOTE="coppermania, post: 1280075, member: 18304"][ATTACH]141835.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]141838.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I first purchased this 1922 D in a NNC slab on eBay when I didn't really know that much about coins. I liked that it had some red and decent beard detail and blew about 250 bucks on it. Then I became pretty much a PCGS purist so I sent it off to them and they graded it a 64 RD, which was pretty lucky as it books for double what I paid. I wouldn't try that very often today though. At first, I went from buying anything, to PCGS only as a knee jerk correction after making a few mistakes, to settling into deciding what I like either raw or PCGS, NGC coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the spot in the right field keeps it from being a 65 and with the price tag a 65 commands, I am happy to live with this one in 64. I'm sure the spot came from someone speaking or eating around a raw coin or something like that, so try not to do that kids....</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coppermania, post: 1280075, member: 18304"][ATTACH]141835.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]141838.vB[/ATTACH] I first purchased this 1922 D in a NNC slab on eBay when I didn't really know that much about coins. I liked that it had some red and decent beard detail and blew about 250 bucks on it. Then I became pretty much a PCGS purist so I sent it off to them and they graded it a 64 RD, which was pretty lucky as it books for double what I paid. I wouldn't try that very often today though. At first, I went from buying anything, to PCGS only as a knee jerk correction after making a few mistakes, to settling into deciding what I like either raw or PCGS, NGC coins. I think the spot in the right field keeps it from being a 65 and with the price tag a 65 commands, I am happy to live with this one in 64. I'm sure the spot came from someone speaking or eating around a raw coin or something like that, so try not to do that kids.... Matt[/QUOTE]
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