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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 188840, member: 3726&quot;]I think you and speedy are right.&nbsp; I was very happy with the PCGS experience for my dad.&nbsp; What made it even better experience was my fathers excitement.&nbsp; When he told me the grades and what happened his first comment is - &quot;I think I got the technical piece close, now I am going to figure out exactly what they know that I do not know.&quot;&nbsp; He already has several books on morgans, VAMs, etc.&nbsp; It is just the extra step of getting the small differences that account for a 62 to 64.&nbsp; So he is ready to learn more.&nbsp; I was just glad the body bag coins did not disgruntle him - one of the coins came from a very reputable ebay dealer.&nbsp; His coins usually go for what are outrageous amounts(in my opinion only).&nbsp; The other thing is a couple of the 64&#039;s came from Harlan Berk and were graded dead-on.</p><p><br /></p><p>A body bag doesn&#039;t scare me, but I have found that exact thought going thru my mind when looking at some raw coins.&nbsp; I know I lost a couple of heritage large cents that I thought looked great, but were ANACs retoned coins.&nbsp; I actually wish now I had bid more.&nbsp; I have several problem coins (I posted my 1868 IHC whizzed) that I certainly like.&nbsp; Out of all my coins I have only three problem coins that I would get rid of - 1 because I decided I do not like the color, one with a little spot of corrosion, 1818 Large cent that the seller took a wire brush to.&nbsp; The first two I new what I was getting and I thought I paid fair prices for - the last one was the negative I got on ebay.&nbsp; I attached a jpg that if you blow it up, even though things go out of focus,&nbsp; you can see where it looks altered. Can someone confirm this?&nbsp; Too late to do anything about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forgot to add these are the pictures from the auction - oh well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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