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Moderator
 United States
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I was just going to suggest, a damaged slab causing accelerated environmental damage. Too bad :-(
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United States
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The photos are indeed not capable of judging for ourselves the grade of this coin ... and I tend as well to suspect the coin surfaces have 'turned bad' somehow in the holder.
David
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United States
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PCGS does make mistakes - I once sent them two type 2 1979 proof quarters, and had them slab one as type 2 and one as type 1. Just as an experiment to see if they knew what they did wrong, I cut the wrongly certified one out and sent it again and that time they got it right and called it type 2.
But this example looks pretty extreme. Bad pictures can hide a lot, but this coin is quite circulated! Look at the dirt around the lettering if you don't believe the worn down device.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am not sure what the "fogging" around the coin is but I think might have something to do with the manufacturing of the ring that holds the coin or the slabbing process. I have a coin slabbed by PCGS that has "fogging" similar to that I know for sure was not the result of improper storage because it was already like that when I received the coin back from PCGS. I can't say if the coin in ebay listing is overgraded since it could look very different in hand but the pictures are certainly not doing the coin any favors. Edited by D0ubl3Eagle
09/19/2012 11:57 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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It looks like a coin you'd find in a junk bin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
I think there might have been some contaminant on the coin when it was put in the holder, leading to the corrosion and the fogging of the holder.
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
Wow, ugly coin for sure. Not a MS64, IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
ugly and not appealing. Like I've mentioned, buy the coin not the holder, don't drink the PCGS Kool aid.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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LOL.... take a look at the reverse, it looks at best, a VF
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hummmm.....hard to tell much from the crappy pictures but it doesn't look MS to me either.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Most would go with XF maybe AU, I would think.
Better pics would make this thread more interesting.
That is; I'd love to see what they are looking at
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I find that hard to believe but we don't have the coin in hand do we. The pictures sure don't do it any justice, thats for sure. According to all I have seen in grading books, many of which state...an uncirculated coin in very good but not perfect condition.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I dont think this coin is any better than fine  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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'looks great in hand'  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
It also has a very sight die rotation...
This whole thing is suspicious, and if it's real it wouldn't be covered by PCGS's guarantee either (they'd call it a "clerical error"). :-)
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