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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2825635, member: 10461&quot;]TrueViews are in!&nbsp; Wheee! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the <b><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188589" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188589" rel="nofollow">Carolus d&#039;or</a></b>.&nbsp; I&#039;m wondering if maybe there wasn&#039;t an old mount removed, which might&#039;ve been what caused PCGS to &quot;genny&quot; it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think I should just take my lumps and accept the &quot;VF Details/Damaged&quot; assessment, or try for a straight grade at NGC, like I&#039;ve been planning to do with the other hammered gold piece (the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/netherlands-gelderland-st-john-type-goldgulden-florin-of-arnold-van-egmond-ca-1423-1472.5049/full?d=1482837861" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/netherlands-gelderland-st-john-type-goldgulden-florin-of-arnold-van-egmond-ca-1423-1472.5049/full?d=1482837861">Gelderland florin</a> in the OP)?</p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/85188589_1000x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here again is the seller&#039;s photo.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/belgium-brabant-gold-florin-carolus-d%E2%80%99or-of-holy-roman-emperor-charles-v-ca-1521-1545.5050/full?d=1482838290" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The <b><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188590" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188590" rel="nofollow">half-escudo</a></b>.&nbsp; Pop 1/0!&nbsp; The only one PCGS has graded.</p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/85188590_1000x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here again is the earlier seller&#039;s photo.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/spain-halfescudo-1759-019490-coin-jpg.6611/full?d=1498121720" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the <b><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188591" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/85188591" rel="nofollow">puffin</a>.&nbsp; </b>Pop 5/0!&nbsp; So tied with four others for &quot;finest graded&quot;.&nbsp; It appears PCGS has only graded those five, however.&nbsp; All MS65 RD.</p><p><img src="http://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/85188591_1000x1000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here for a laughable comparison are my wretched, quickie cellphone shots again.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lundypuffinprelim-png.662717/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It appears there might not have been a TrueView made for the unencapsulated <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/turkey-seljuk-sultanate-of-rum-silver-lion-sun-dirham-of-kaykhusraw-ii-ah-638-1240-1241-ad.6674/full?d=1498443535" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/turkey-seljuk-sultanate-of-rum-silver-lion-sun-dirham-of-kaykhusraw-ii-ah-638-1240-1241-ad.6674/full?d=1498443535"><b>Seljuq coin</b></a>.&nbsp; I&#039;ll ask Phil Arnold about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ancients above should be at NGC now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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