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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4884665, member: 10461&quot;]Bummer.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.&nbsp; I suspected as much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I&#039;ll pare it down to just one, then.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone&#039;s curious, these are my recent NGC acquisitions.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Russia (Siberia): copper 10-kopecks of Catherine the Great, 1781-KM, Suzun mint</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/szSy6X34RuauFLN6LHKW_Siberia-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is in an older (pre-prong) NGC holder.&nbsp; The holder has a slight chip, but not bad.&nbsp; I could live with this one staying in the NGC holder.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Australia (Melbourne): copper penny trade token; John Andrew &amp; Co., Drapers, 1862</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/NgjXhtSzRcSQhAQeu0vE_AussieToken-frame.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is in a prong holder, and that&#039;s my biggest beef with NGC.&nbsp; Call me picky, but I do not like the way the white prongs intrude in photographs.&nbsp; I reckon I&#039;ll try to cross this one and get TrueViews, or alternately, I suppose I could also just send it to NGC for PhotoVision (their TrueView equivalent) and reholdering.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a problem with the fact that it&#039;s NGC, or with the grade, really.&nbsp; It&#039;s just those prongs.&nbsp; I&#039;d like better pictures, and the prongs get in the way of that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">United States: bronze proof Indian Head cent, 1881</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/SUyvp656TlaoG4Ff33Kl_20200717_102345.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is also in an older pre-prong NGC holder, and came with professional photos by Todd Pollock (BluCC).&nbsp; I could certainly live with it in the NGC plastic, but thought I might give it a shot at crossover and TrueViews if I could put it on the same invoice.&nbsp; But since I can&#039;t, I reckon I&#039;ll just keep it as-is.</p><p><br /></p><p>So maybe I&#039;ll just send my Aussie token and @steverecy&#039;s coin in for Crossover and use my other two vouchers for grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>This raw medieval needs to go in for grading.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">German States (Brunswick-Lüneburg): silver bracteate of William Longsword, ca. 1195-1213</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/w4pUdYBBTOdsNlKGd7OV_Bracteate-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry if I&#039;ve strayed a tiny bit from the topic at hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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