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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sam_I_am.MiaFLUSA, post: 3124535, member: 84102&quot;]Quite frankly we didn&#039;t have new photos taken of the coin; we couldn&#039;t have improved on the photos used &amp; <i>widely</i> <i>published</i> by B&amp;M.&nbsp; If we had held on to it longer, we were intending to produce holographic keychain &amp; other souvenirs of the coin, but other business matters diverted us from that project.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the only images that were distinctly ours are the glass holographic plates which I still have.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; If I may share another thought on that particular Brasher specimen… for all the many years it was in the Garrett Collection at John Hopkins University, it was described as a Choice VF-35.&nbsp; And why would or should anybody want it graded by a so-called TPG?&nbsp; ¡It was &amp; still is <b><i><u>unique</u></i></b>!&nbsp; Did its re-grading and its encapsulation as an AU-50 really change it or make it more/less valuable or desirable? <i><b> Really???</b></i>&nbsp; More horsefeathers …quite frankly, I think <i>not</i>.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <b><i>Sam_I_am&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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