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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1271993, member: 16948&quot;]Although the NGC&nbsp; coin got more votes than I thought it would, it looks like the PCGS&nbsp; won out.&nbsp;&nbsp; As others have mentioned, the NGC coin would probably fit&nbsp; better with the other coins in my collection, and I also love its toning&nbsp; and character, but I decided to go with the PCGS coin because it has&nbsp; amazing&nbsp; iridescent luster and gorgeous deep violet toning - and also because I know some of the history of this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>A while back, I was offered the&nbsp; opportunity to purchase several raw coins from a very old collection.&nbsp; I&nbsp; was handed two small 2 x 2 coin boxex full of very old yellowed 2 x 2&nbsp; coin envelopes.&nbsp; As I opened each envelope, inside was a penny carefully&nbsp; wrapped in very old and fragile tissue paper.&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember how&nbsp; many times I said &quot;wow!&quot; as I opened each tiny envelope, because most of&nbsp; the coins had toned to a beautiful lustrous red brown or brown with the&nbsp; most amazing iridescent luster due to being stored in that old tissue&nbsp; paper.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I couldn&#039;t help myself and I bought every one of&nbsp; them, however, a few of the more key date coins were held back by the&nbsp; owner because he wanted to send them to PCGS for grading, and this&nbsp; 1931-S was one of those coins.&nbsp; So when it came back from PCGS, the&nbsp; owner offered it to me, as well as two others he had sent in, and I&nbsp; quickly snatched them up.&nbsp; Another one with the exact same iridescent&nbsp; violet toning came back MS65 BN and it already went to a good customer&nbsp; who also loves this type of toning, and the third one (also with the&nbsp; same toning) came back MS64 BN due to a couple extra ticks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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