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Proof 1/5th Dollar

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Now if I only had an extra $850!!!image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It must have a ton of hairlines not visible in the scan to only grade pr 60. This coin illustrates the problem trying to grade proof coins from a scan. The scan certainly looks better than a pr 60.
  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭✭
    I like that coin.......looks to me like it could have gotten a CAM on the grade. Would like to see a real closeup of it too...
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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    The problem with PF-60 silver coins is that the hairlines and other impairments really stand out on brilliant coins. I'd rather get one that was toned so as to hide the impairments (if I were buying on a budget) or step up and pay the extra money to get a PF-63. In fact, I'd rather have one with one minor scratch that kept it from being slabbed as long as the fields weren't hairlined.
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,149 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It must have a ton of hairlines not visible in the scan to only grade pr 60. This coin illustrates the problem trying to grade proof coins from a scan. The scan certainly looks better than a pr 60. >>

    My thoughts exactly.
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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    That just goes to show you that buying and selling based on scans alone is NOT "sight-seen" trading.
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