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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2529332, member: 71723"]Regarding this one in particular- this would require two things to be true that are not in evidence. 1) All 1964 SMS Halves were in a single original packaging type that was used for nothing else. 2) All of them were kept in that packaging long enough to have acquired the telltale toning. Since neither is in evidence, we may label this claim "bull".</p><p><br /></p><p>I myself recently sent to NGC a 1964 half that had spent obviously decades in a Whitman or Harris 2x3 snap case along with the 5-cent stamp issued for Kennedy's death. It had acquired multi-colored toning on both sides from the cardboard inside said snap case. It came back from NGC with a ridiculous to obscene high grade for the quality of the underlying coin, but I don't obviously have the "stones" some eBay sellers do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2529332, member: 71723"]Regarding this one in particular- this would require two things to be true that are not in evidence. 1) All 1964 SMS Halves were in a single original packaging type that was used for nothing else. 2) All of them were kept in that packaging long enough to have acquired the telltale toning. Since neither is in evidence, we may label this claim "bull". I myself recently sent to NGC a 1964 half that had spent obviously decades in a Whitman or Harris 2x3 snap case along with the 5-cent stamp issued for Kennedy's death. It had acquired multi-colored toning on both sides from the cardboard inside said snap case. It came back from NGC with a ridiculous to obscene high grade for the quality of the underlying coin, but I don't obviously have the "stones" some eBay sellers do.[/QUOTE]
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