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 Posted 02/07/2015  10:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
with vermontensium at MS63RD, nice LHC.
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 Posted 02/07/2015  10:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it should make 64 and the color looks close to RD but I think it will grade RB. Nice pickup
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 Posted 02/08/2015  1:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Paul Bulgerin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for all the grading opinions shared.

It's boxed up and on its way to NGC tomorrow along with seven other U.S. coins.

We'll see what they say. MS-63 and I'm happy. MS-64 and I'm thrilled.
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 Posted 02/08/2015  5:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The_Duke to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I will say MS63RB, send it in and let us know.
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 Posted 02/09/2015  10:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Vancouver IslandCoinKid to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MS-63 RD or RB
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63, very nice looking 31S.
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 Posted 03/14/2015  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pennynickelguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Paul B, can you share the result of the grade?
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 Posted 03/15/2015  6:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChildOfTheWheat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Way better than mine (my current avatar)! MS-63 RD! Send it in!

EDIT: turns out I already posted here... Woops...
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I got the coin back from NGC today and was quite disappointed to discover it had received a purple label grade of "Uncirculated Details - Altered Color."

I wrote the seller to inform him and he has offered me a full refund even though I bought the coin a month and a half ago. He says NGC is "off base" with the "altered color" assessment. I would not have guessed it.



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 Posted 03/18/2015  12:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add acloco to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow. Did not see that coming.
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What exactly does that mean? If it's not cleaned how do you get to an altered color?
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I presume what they mean when they say, 'altered color' that it means, artificially toned.

I think whoever graded this coin was having a bad day.
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Paul - I'd KEEP that coin. It's a nice example based on the pictures I'm seeing.

NGC is wrong, once again. I've had the same problem with them in the past of several coins. If you must have it slabbed, crack it and submit to PCGS. Or you can do what I've done a couple of times with NGC. Set the coin on a window sill for a few months, let it tone down and then resubmit. I can almost guarantee it will come back in a problem-free slab.
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Thanks for the responses. I emailed the seller that I'm going to keep it. I'll take BadThad's advice and crack it out of the holder. Fortunately, it was only an $18 submission. I'll leave it in the sun to tone down a bit.

The coin looks nice to me, but I had an Indian Head cent come back from NGC last year also listed as "altered color" so I am still pretty much in the dark on how this is done and what to look for.
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