I Find This Hard to Understand!
Aotearoa
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A coin of this rarity and value in a horribly scratched slab. That slab would be wrapped in velvet and the down from extinct dodos if it were mine.
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Don't walk: Run! While it could be coincidental, the concentration of marks is so dense and specific it is almost as if someone had intentionally scratched it to conceal flaws.
Even if innocent, any dealer that is too cheap to spend less than $30 to reholder a $30k coin isn't worth my time. Just my opinion...
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That is ridiculous.... almost looks intentional the way it conceals the date.... Cheers, RickO
You can see it without the scratches in the TrueView.
My general rule of thumb is that if someone is higher than retail price guides for a coin and the holder is scuffed up like this, pass. No excuse for this.
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Shaking my head no.
Nice coin, disgraceful holder.
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I've seen slabs with heavy scuffs over a heavy mark or other defect on the coin. I can't help but believe that these scuffs were strategically placed in an attempt to hide or a least camouflage a defect on the coin. In one case the slab was cleaned with what appeared to be fine sandpaper and you couldn't see the coin through the opaque surfaces but you could see the slab label. Not sure what the dealer was thinking having a coin like this in his display case. You would essentially be buying the coin sight unseen.
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