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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Virginian, post: 398663, member: 15201&quot;]Getting back to the subject at hand, I recently purchased a rock solid 1856 Large Cent MS-65+ RB that was raw although he was calling and pricing it as brown. It was right around ask price and I have shown it to other well accomplised numismatists who will give you the un sugarcoated truth and they all agreed it was graded correctly and the price was right.&nbsp; 3/4 of them thought it was red-brown and not brown too.&nbsp; My wife was the hardest on the coin and said while the grade was there she wasn&#039;t that crazy about the strike on the obverse where the rims were a bit lightly struck.&nbsp; All of them said it would slab out at atleast a MS-65 Brown, possibly highier since there literally isn&#039;t a mark on the coin.&nbsp; I think it was a great buy and they did too, plus I doubt I will have trouble selling the coin if I want to at the grade I purchased it in the future.&nbsp; Can you get burned buying raw-yes!&nbsp; Your chances are better if you make yourself knowledgeable and learn to grade the series you are going after.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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