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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 8204935, member: 105098"]No Decision means they couldn't get graders to agree for it to be encapsulated and guaranteed. Could be they just don't want it in their slabs and guaranteeing it the way it looks, could be the rim damage, the odd looking fields on obverse, and reverse between "half dime", the denticles, the arrows, and level of toning all being the reason for them not to want to slab it and guarantee it. Just can't clearly call it authentic, or rule out tampering. </p><p><br /></p><p>Could be for one or more reasons, and they aren't likely to tell you exactly why they decided the way they did, just that they won't grade it and encapsulate it. they saw enough wrong with it to not pick just one thing and just overall say "no, no, no, this ones getting body bagged and sent back" for whatever their reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not a coin grader, to know for certain why, but I wouldn't have sent in a coin like that for encapsulation just too many things wrong with it, especially those PMD notches around the rim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 8204935, member: 105098"]No Decision means they couldn't get graders to agree for it to be encapsulated and guaranteed. Could be they just don't want it in their slabs and guaranteeing it the way it looks, could be the rim damage, the odd looking fields on obverse, and reverse between "half dime", the denticles, the arrows, and level of toning all being the reason for them not to want to slab it and guarantee it. Just can't clearly call it authentic, or rule out tampering. Could be for one or more reasons, and they aren't likely to tell you exactly why they decided the way they did, just that they won't grade it and encapsulate it. they saw enough wrong with it to not pick just one thing and just overall say "no, no, no, this ones getting body bagged and sent back" for whatever their reason. I'm not a coin grader, to know for certain why, but I wouldn't have sent in a coin like that for encapsulation just too many things wrong with it, especially those PMD notches around the rim.[/QUOTE]
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