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New Member
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Thanks I think TPGs are like the Government. We have given them too much power.
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I could not agree more with the last 2 statements by CoinsKelly  and summit315 |
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Awesome coin, terrific find. Just read the whole thread today.......I guess there are still lots of these stories out there to be had. Congrats!
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Thank you! Sometimes ya just get lucky.
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Pillar of the Community
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Here is PCGS reasoning on code 97 which your coin has according to them:
Environmental Damage.
Coins that are damaged because of improper storage may be rejected. Corrosion is caused by storage in areas of high humidity, sea salvage coins, and coins found in the ground. Toning that is excessively dark or heavy, or which burns into the surface of the coin, may be rejected.
I don't think it looks too bad from your photos, but in hand can always be another story especially under a good lamp with a loupe, something we here on CCF don't see. Still a very nice score, and now you know it's the real thing!
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Well I had the variety wrong, I'll chalk that up to the pictures, but I will say I have seen a lot worse early dollars (Harshly cleaned etc) slabbed in problem free slabs.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Having talked with a couple people who use to grade for NGC, they told me that they were paid by the number of coins they finished per day. They were the ones who told me they thought rush jobs were the cause of some slabs that people later question.
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Interesting. you do wonder sometimes. I go back to the days before any TPGs and I think half the fun was figuring out what you or your collector friends thought the grade was. Good and bad in all things I guess.
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Great story, great find. Congrats! |
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How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Great coin, and great story. I can't help but wonder if the "details non gradable" grade could have been avoided if you had gone through a high volume submitter, rather than individually submitting?
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My gut was telling me it was the real deal :)
Congratulations!
PCGS saw environmental damage? Give me a break.
Another reason PCGS has turned me off.
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Thanks Everyone! I wonder also if down the road the next owner of this dollar would have it re graded and possibly come out better. Still a nice find
Proving once again That "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while."
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awesome story--congrats!
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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