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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jom, post: 4278775, member: 31102&quot;]The rest of the story, eh?&nbsp; Well, it&#039;s not a good one for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I buy this coin at the Long Beach show in the fall of 1993 (in an MS64 holder) for the color mostly.&nbsp; It was close to FB but that didn&#039;t mean all the much to me...I didn&#039;t think it would pass and it probably already would have long before I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1999 I decided to give it a try so I cracked it out.&nbsp; It came back MS65...that&#039;s good but no FB.</p><p><br /></p><p>So time passes and then in 2012 I send this to CAC where it GREEN beans.&nbsp; Ok, that settles it, right?&nbsp; Now I still don&#039;t know what CAC does when it sees a coin with a strike designation that merits the &quot;full&quot; whatever.&nbsp; Maybe I assumed that it would have GOLD beaned...I don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then a couple of years ago I did send the coin in for &quot;reconsideration&quot; with a minimum of MS64FB and it was a no-go.&nbsp; Now, they tell you you have to crack coins to really get the grade...not using &quot;reconsiderations&quot;.&nbsp; However, I was hesitant after a bad experience cracking a 14S Half Eagle that I lost a bundle on when an MS62 turned into a &quot;no grade&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever the case I decided to sell this (at auction) early 2019 and I got good money since MS65 value was well up from my original purchase price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, a month of two later it shows up at auction again in....that&#039;s right...an MS64FB holder with a GREEN CAC sticker to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I blame myself.&nbsp; Sure but, frankly, isn&#039;t it PCGS that should really be blamed?&nbsp; Why not give the grade under &quot;reconsiderations&quot;?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know...I just feel a bit cheated after owning the coins so may years...so that&#039;s the sad story as I left money on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>So...the verdict is GREEN CAC at MS65 (and later MS64FB GREEN CAC).</p><p><br /></p><p>jom[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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