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I'm not sure if that spot is toning or something else. Yes, that's spot toning, more iridescent than is evident in the photos, one on each side. PCGS typically doesn't seem to take much account of such. Colligo ergo sum
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MS63. I see no reason it should get a details grade..
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Reverse is spectacular so I'm in at MS 64, not much deep stuff going on on obverse
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MS63 grades clean I'll bet.
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I don't know, the spots look like some kind of dip residue or acid treatment that wasn't rinsed off properly to my eye. I'd consider it damaged and wouldn't purchase it, but to each their own.
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It reminds me of a coin stored in a cardboard 2x2 that had pinholes in the mylar window.
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Nice grade!
Now in terms of practicality, how do you value such a coin? Surely most collectors would rather have an MS-62 or 63 without a rust spot on the forehead. I can't imagine you'd get standard price guide MS-64 list when selling it.
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I would value it at about 75% of one without the spots. $50-$55.
Interesting to note that the certificate number indicates that this was a rattler slab that was sent in for either a regrade or reholder.
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11/14/2014 2:52 pm
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I agree that the spot of toning (and again, it's not as ugly a blemish as it appears to be in these photos) is a distraction. It's why I was reluctant at first to bother with it, as I'm very much a adherent to the "buy the coin, not the slab" maxim. But it was the end of a slow day in the shop and they were packing away their goods for the night, and so I just made a ridiculously low offer, which was accepted.
Colligo ergo sum
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