three comments:
- I never purchase proofs/cameos on-line.
The prevailing average photography skills in the general marketplace necessary to accurately capture the intrinsic luster of these types of coins are often not adequately refined enough to portray a specimen as if it were in one's hands.
- Unless a slabbed coin retails for at least $ 120 I'll never engage PCGS or NGC. My time is worth something and as the years pass on I find in retrospect that I could have spent my time in a much more productive manner to more effectively increase ROI (return on investment)
- Because a fingerprint on this type of proof surface can at best stay the same or worse become more noticeable (micro etching from amino acids etc) over time, I shy away.
IMO