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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5334018, member: 24314"]johnmilton, posted: "Really? I'll show the coin to you the next time we can get together. If the entire coin is not original, aside from the place I circled, <b><i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">then no Indian Quarter Eagles are original.</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>The trouble is the photograph. I don't have any angle shots that show the luster. Here's the whole set."</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">BINGO!</span></b> Until the coin grading services came along, fully, frosty, original $2 1/2 and $5 Indians were hardly ever seen. Now, true original MS examples are all over the place.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, your photo is good. The color of the coin is not MS and the cleaning hairlines show. If the "spot" was the only problem the label might have said "spot removal."</p><p><br /></p><p>PS Nice set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5334018, member: 24314"]johnmilton, posted: "Really? I'll show the coin to you the next time we can get together. If the entire coin is not original, aside from the place I circled, [B][I][COLOR=rgb(179, 0, 0)]then no Indian Quarter Eagles are original.[/COLOR][/I][/B] The trouble is the photograph. I don't have any angle shots that show the luster. Here's the whole set." [B][COLOR=rgb(179, 0, 0)]BINGO![/COLOR][/B] Until the coin grading services came along, fully, frosty, original $2 1/2 and $5 Indians were hardly ever seen. Now, true original MS examples are all over the place. BTW, your photo is good. The color of the coin is not MS and the cleaning hairlines show. If the "spot" was the only problem the label might have said "spot removal." PS Nice set.[/QUOTE]
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