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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2036805, member: 112&quot;]Just about everything, worn dies, rusty dies, grease filled dies, damaged dies, whatever the case may be, they all result in an individual and distinct look on the coins they strike. Once one is familiar enough with all of them they can each be recognized and distinguished.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise, when things happen to the coins themselves post strike, those things can also be recognized. In this case, I believe that coin was corroded for that is the look it has.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now some think that couldn&#039;t be the case because they believe that the TPGs would not slab corroded coins. But in point of fact they do and they do it rather often, but it does depend on the coin, what coin it is. Early US for example, the TPGs have slabbed many, many, examples of corroded coins. And there are more than a few examples of world coinage where they will do the same thing. These are facts, not opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many different things that the TPGs have done and will do because it is their policy to do so, even though these things fly in the face of normal numismatic practice. Things like grading coins with wear as MS, or grading coins that are indisputably damaged in one way or another, or bumping grades, or, or, or. And they even make mistakes like slabbing counterfeits because they lack the knowledge to correctly identify them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, if you have the knowledge, trust your own eyes more than you trust the TPGs. Buy the coin, not the slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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