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<p>[QUOTE="Victor, post: 938228, member: 5454"]I had a 1936 Proof Buffalo nickel that the former owner purchased as a PF-65. It had a couple black spots on the reverse near the rim. One spot under the tail looked like it had been worked on as there was a concave area right where the corrosion was. Someone probably ground down the spot with a dremel. The obverse was very nice and probably PF64. Anyway I sent it to ANACS and it came back </p><p>"corroded, rim polished, PF-60 details"</p><p>So I didn't want to keep the coin, took it to a coin show. I wanted $350 for it. One dealer offered up a raw [cleaned] Booker T. Washington commemorative half as an even trade. As I was walking away he offered $100 cash. That was an insult and I have done a lot of business with him.</p><p> The next table I went to the dealer was more serious. He offered $300 cash or credit toward a trade.</p><p>I traded even for a NGC MS69 1986 quarter ounce AGE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor, post: 938228, member: 5454"]I had a 1936 Proof Buffalo nickel that the former owner purchased as a PF-65. It had a couple black spots on the reverse near the rim. One spot under the tail looked like it had been worked on as there was a concave area right where the corrosion was. Someone probably ground down the spot with a dremel. The obverse was very nice and probably PF64. Anyway I sent it to ANACS and it came back "corroded, rim polished, PF-60 details" So I didn't want to keep the coin, took it to a coin show. I wanted $350 for it. One dealer offered up a raw [cleaned] Booker T. Washington commemorative half as an even trade. As I was walking away he offered $100 cash. That was an insult and I have done a lot of business with him. The next table I went to the dealer was more serious. He offered $300 cash or credit toward a trade. I traded even for a NGC MS69 1986 quarter ounce AGE.[/QUOTE]
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