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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 8067092, member: 78719&quot;]Well, not sure of that however in hand it doesn&#039;t look too bad. This is from the Pretoria Mint and bought through Spink about 20 years ago. The Grade?</p><p><br /></p><p>Matte Proof 61! This coin has NO hairlines, no rub and is absolutely and completely original not messed with. They have done this sort of grading with matte 1927, 1937, 1950 and 1953 coins as well, not to mention the satin 1924 issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now in my humble opinion, again backed by my good friend Steve Hill (who BTW does not particularly care for grading), this grade is entirely inappropriate based on wear. I may suggest that image quality is not the best over my phone and I struggled greatly to try to get pictures through the plastic.</p><p>The other thing is that these matte proofs were created [supposedly] by blasting hand picked ordinary proofs with a medium, not necessarily sand. So this was at best an uneven process with some evidently receiving more &quot;treatment&quot; than others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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